Overcoming Coercive Control in Your Intimate Relationship
When you are showered with attention, it can feel incredibly romantic and can blind you to hints of problems ahead. But what happens when attentiveness becomes domination? In some relationships, the desire to control leads to jealousy, gaslighting, threats, micromanaging--even physical violence. If you or someone you care about are trapped in a ......
Falling in love is easy. Keeping the sizzle in your marriage? That's more like grilling the perfect steak-it takes time, attention, and some secret spices. Mastering your wife's heart doesn't have to be complicated, but it will take a little effort. Good intentions alone will not get the job done.Gary Chapman gears this edition of his #1 "New York ......
Marcia Gloster was a college student traveling through Europe in the summer of 1963. When she arrived in Salzburg, Austria to study at Oskar Kokoschka's School of Vision, she envisioned a month of intensive painting, never expecting to find herself swept into a passionate affair. Nor did she imagine her lover to be a married instructor with a long ......
All couples walk to the altar dreaming of happily-ever-after, but many forces in our society work against healthy lifelong commitment. Renowned family therapist William J. Doherty reveals how cracks can develop in even a rock-solid marriage, and what steps you can take to keep your love strong. Learn ways to break free of common traps like ......
How to Break the Cycle of Arguments, Put-Downs, and Stony Silences
From anger expert Dr. Robert Nay - who has helped thousands of individuals and couples learn new ways of resolving conflicts - this straight-talking book provides clear-cut, practical techniques for dealing with a partner's unacceptable expressions of anger.
Explains strategies and offers tips for grappling successfully with the challenges that change presents. This book teaches couples how to achieve a much greater impact in solving difficult interpersonal problems than is often thought possible. It helps couples to envision a place that brings their potential for love and compassion alive.
We are taught all sorts of skills at school and in work but hardly anyone is taught the skills of how to create and cultivate happiness in relationships. In this optimistic and practical book Richard Nelson-Jones explores what makes a happy relationship and how to develop your skills in seven key areas: becoming more outgoing, listening better, communicating assertively and managing anger, showing you care, sharing intimacy, enjoying sex together and managing problems. The book aims to make your relationship not only happy and enduring but a celebration of life itself.
