books about: relationships     books:       The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships10 reviews John Gottman Three Rivers Press, 2002 excellent, very insightful! Read this book and share it with your partner if you can. It is so spot-on about communication, I really wish everyone would read it! The basic premise is explaining how we relate to each other and what happens when we don't respond in a way that potentiates that relationship. It's easy to understand, a great read. I especially recommend it if you are in a relationship that is not going well ...             How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving34 reviews David Richo Shambhala, 2002 Best book on growing up I have ever read! If you just want to get your way, then this book is not for you. I'm a 62 years old widower looking for a partner to share love with. We are both reading this book and working on our relationship in light of the loving mindfullness perspective. I think it makes all the difference and therefore, have purchased about 10 copies for my kids and friends. Some people may think it redundant and ...             The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond218 reviews Patricia Evans Adams Media, 2003 Instrumental in My Recovery This book was instrumental in my recovery during and after divorce. It was given to me by a coworker who had read it and found it most helpful. I had no idea that verbal abuse was this prevalant in our society. The book really helped me gain insight into my ex husband and consistently provided me with reassurance that I made the right decision to leave the relationship. Please consider purchasing ...             The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing21 reviews Beverly Engel Wiley, 2003 The Book that hit home I have gone to therapy and read different books to try to understand what I was going through, and my depression, even my divorce judge said mental and emotional abuse didnt exist, it wasn't domestic violence, but this was the first book that hit home. I was in an emotionally abusive relationship for 20 years, and even tho there was no physical abuse, I thought I was just in a bad ...             Why Can't You Read My Mind? Overcoming the 9 Toxic Thought Patterns that Get in the Way of a Loving ...11 reviews Jeffrey Bernstein Da Capo Press, 2003 Changed my life This is the most amazing book I have ever stumbled across. It not only gave me a new perspective on love and relationships but I was able to incorporate the logic of it into all areas of my life. I've recommended it to friends left and right. This is definitely a must read.             The DNA of Relationships (Smalley Franchise Products)32 reviews Greg Smalley, Michael Smalley, ... Tyndale House Publishers, 2007 Great Marrage Help Book This book lays out the genetic relationship code with which we were created by God. With this knowledge it is possible to build and repair relationships.             Relationship Rescue: A Seven-Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner106 reviews Ph.d., Phillip C. Mcgraw Hyperion, 2007 Relationship Rescue From what my husband and I have read so far, there is a lot to learn from Dr. Phil's Relationship Rescue. We also bought the workbook to go along with it and would highly suggest that people do that as well. The two resources put together are wonderfully productive. Just don't expect a "how to get your spouse to change" book, this is a book designed to help you better yourself. You realize what ...             The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of ...17 reviews Temple Grandin, Sean Barron Future Horizons, 2005 "Mystiques of Autistic Processing and Societal Integration" "Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships" Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism", by Temple Grandin & Sean Baron and Editor Veronica Zysk. Future Horizons, TX 2005. ISBN 1-932565-06-X. HC 383 pages, no illust., 3 pgs. Ref. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". An intense, factual expose of the autistic mind-set interpreted through the minds of two published writers, both of whom ...             The Secret Language of Relationships (reissue) (Secret Language)48 reviews Gary Goldschneider, Joost Elffers Studio, 2003 Unique, Fascinating, and Useful I've been "religiously" using this book as a reference ever since I stumbled upon it almost two years ago. Family, co-workers, women who I find attractive, friends, even enemies (if you think you have none, you may be kidding yourself LOL). I've looked them all up. Results? Spooky! Astonishing! Amazing! I'm not sure why certain people complain. Sure the book is general. A more specific study ...             Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends, 3rd Edition (Rebuilding Books; For Divorce and Beyond)81 reviews Bruce Fisher Impact Publishers, 2005 Worth every minute spent. I am about 1/3 through this book and am finding it to be succinct, focused, relevant and exceptionally useful. The authors have done an amazing job distilling the essence of the work that one must do to recover from the loss of a love relationship, and why the work is necessary. I have already ordered it for a friend who is struggling mightily with his recent loss.             Relationships for Dummies4 reviews Kate M. Wachs For Dummies, 2002 Good resource on relationships This book is very well written. It is written in a way that both male and female can read it with comfort. Best of all, you do not have to read it from beginning to end. For instance, my girlfriend and I have been dating for awhile. One of my weaknesses is communication (especially with a girl). I skipped to Chapter 11, without having to know Chapters 1-10. Dr. Kate Wachs talks about almost ...             The Long-Distance Relationship Survival Guide: Secrets And Strategies from Successful Couples Who Have Gone ...15 reviews Chris Bell, Kate Brauer-Bell Ten Speed Press, 2006 Going the distance I've been in a long distance relationship with a wonderful man for three years now. It came more easily to me than it did to him, as my father was in the military and constant moving made long distance connections with friends and relatives seem normal to me. It wasn't as smooth a situation for him, as he still lived in the very city where he had been born and never had to deal with absences that ...             Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions17 reviews Roberta Gilbert Wiley, 1992 Phenomenal! What a wonderful resource! The author provides a clear explanation of the work of Murray Bowen and debunks much confusion surrounding his "family of origin" resolution needs. She further exposes the misuse of his theory. A wonderful explanation of "differention" and a "growing of self" that leads to "extraordinary relationships"!             Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart24 reviews John Welwood Trumpeter, 2007 Excellent This book was so good! I highly recommend it to anyone trying to understand relationships. It really helps one to go to the place inside ourselves to fulfill the love that may be missing in our lives. I am so glad I took the chance on this book, it helped me while going through a difficult time in a break up to find that emptiness inside and bring it to the surface so I could move through it.             Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children: Social and Emotional Development Activities for ...7 reviews Steven E. Gutstein, Rachelle K. Sheely Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002 Excellent (Full of Activities) Great for preschoolers with autism who are low to high functioning. You will come away with a least 5 new play activites here that will always work.             The Neuroscience of Human Relationships: Attachment and the Developing Social Brain7 reviews Louis Cozolino W. W. Norton, 2006 Wonderfully readable synthesis of neuroscientific research I am in a neuroscience book group composed of clinical psychologists and social workers that has been meeting for four years. We've read about 25 books in this group over the years. Much of it has been tough going. This and Cozolino's book, The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy, are two of the very best. They are comprehensive, clinically relevant, very well written, even entertaining. The clinical ...             Living Divine Relationships13 reviews Zhi Gang Sha Heaven's Library, 2006 A most blessed book. I had not heard of this book but found it in a local bookstore. I did know of Master Sha but was unaware that this book had been published. The book will speak to your soul. If you are wondering if there is a book that gives a clear description of how to truly live divine relationships then this is your book. After reading it I immediately thought of many people to send this book to and also ...             The Relationship Rescue Workbook18 reviews Phillip C. McGraw Hyperion, 2000 You have to work to make it work Its unfortunate that people buy a book to expect IT to fix the problems they have allowed to get out of hand or self create out of ignoring their spouse/partner. If you want a book to give you ideas, plans and a way to help YOU succeed in taking the positive steps to fixing or creating a better relationship then this IS the book to do it, but again- people tend to have problems with honesty even ...             Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses (Interpersonal ...4 reviews Elizabeth C. Arnold, Kathleen Undeman Boggs Saunders, 2006 Interpersonal Relationships 3rd ed by Arnold and Boggs This book has five parts. Part I Conceptual Foundations of Nurse-Client Relationships discusses theory, professional guides, and self-concept. Part II The Nurse-Client Relationship includes structuring the relationship, therapeutic relationship, role relationship patterns, critical thinking, and grief. Part III Therapeutic Communications covers communication styles, therapeutic communication ...             Relationship-Based Care: A Model for Transforming Practice Creative Health Care Management, 2004 This book provides health care leaders with basic concepts for transforming their care delivery system into one that is patient- and family-centered and built on the power of relationships. Relationship-Based Care provides a practical framework for addressing current challenges and is intended to benefit health care organizations in which commitment to care and service to patients is strong and focused. 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