Exploring the Roots of Your Marriage: Understanding the Influence of the Family of Origin is a concise and accessible manual designed to lead individuals in a couple-relationship to self-understanding and self-acceptance. As individuals rediscover who they are as a result of the influences of their family of origin, their awareness of the basis of their behaviors is enhanced. The purpose of examining the family of origin is not to blame the parents, but to develop an understanding of what is behind the dynamics of the couple's relationship. Exploring the Roots of Your Marriage: Understanding the Influence of the Family of Origin emphasizes that understanding will lead to positive changes that will affect personal growth and the growth of the marriage.