Description
Book SynopsisThe author of Understanding the Twelve Steps offers a course in intimacy, addressing such issues as having realistic standards, choosing a healthy partner, knowing when to make a commitment, and other topics. Original.
Trade ReviewSharon Wegscheider-Cruse author of
Coupleship: How to Build a Relationship Terry has taken the overwhelming mystery out of relationships and offered the reader a way to understand the choices that are made to enhance or destroy the intimacy between two people.
John Lee author of
The Flying Boy If I had read this book 20 years ago then my relationship history would be very different and not nearly as painful. It has helped me in my current relationship.
Claudia Black, Ph.D. author of
It Will Never Happen to Me and
Double Duty [An] exciting new approach to relationship therapy...
Table of ContentsCONTENTSIntroduction
I. Background and Overview
1: Getting Love Right
2: The Roots of Dysfunctional Love
3: Sick Love -- Healthy Love
4: Getting to Know Yourself: Reviewing the Past
II. Building a Healthy Relationship
5: Building the Relationship:
Me6: Building the Relationship:
You7: Building the Relationship:
Us8: Sexuality in Relationships
III. Learning to Change
9: Counterdependents and Codependents: The Role of Personality Styles in Relationships
10: Intimate Communication: The Beginning of Change
11: Relationship Transformation: Evaluation, Renegotiation, and Termination
A Final Word
Bibliography
Index
