12/30/2025
Who knew, my first book would need a 2nd Edition🙌🏽. I pushed toward the mark and met my goal to have the updates completed before next semester! I’m So Satisfied: 6 Guiding Principles for Relationship Happiness and Fulfillment - 2nd Edition for The Helping Professionals My research with couples of color revealed the centrality of symbolism, familial collaboration, autonomy, articulated and implicit expectations, and relational competency as essential components in the development and maintenance of satisfying relationships.
For helping professionals, this insight is critical. Competent relational work demands that clinicians examine their own beliefs about self, marriage, family, and relationship satisfaction particularly within a pluralistic society shaped by diverse historical and cultural contexts. Our clinical effectiveness is directly tied to our willingness to engage in self-of-the-therapist work and to interrogate how our assumptions may shape assessment, intervention, and interpretation.
Purpose of the Second Edition for Helping Professionals
I’m So Satisfied: Six Guiding Principles for Relationship Happiness and Fulfillment, Second Edition for the Helping Professional invites you into a deeper exploration of the historical and contemporary relationship trends that influence couples of color. You will be guided through six relational components that contribute to relational success, while learning how to apply a strengths-based, culturally responsive approach when working with African American couples.
This book is grounded in personal testimonies from couples who openly shared their lived experiences as married partners who identify as satisfied. As you progress through each chapter, you will gain nuanced insight into relationship satisfaction among marginalized couples and develop practical skills and interventions to support couples in maintaining satisfaction over time. Each chapter is intentionally designed to bridge research, theory, and clinical practice.