The Vibrant Relationship: A Handbook for Couples and Therapists

ISBN-13: 9781855758131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 228 str.

Kirsten Seidenfaden; Piet Draiby

Opis

There is no quick and easy way to a mature, strong, and mindful relationship. The journey consists of small steps towards creating increasing confidence for each other as you learn to counter your old habits, survival strategies, and seemingly uncontrollable emotions. Experiencing the way differences can be enriching and not just threatening for your relationship is also part of the processes described in this book.

The Vibrant Relationship is not just a book that promotes marriage or relationship per se. It is an optimistic book about new opportunities which are just within our reach - if we make a small effort.

Creating and sustaining a vibrant relationship is one of the most difficult challenges we come across in our lives. But when we do succeed, it is the source of a truly deep and lasting happiness. To succeed, we need some tools to help us on our way.

This is a book about the opportunities to begin or continue a good development in your relationship.

The book is divided in easy to grasp sections of theory and practical exercises. In the first part of the book two of Denmark's most experienced practitioners in couples' therapy, psychologist Kirsten Seidenfaden and psychiatrist Piet Draiby, explain why we tend to get confused about love. In the exercise section of the book they provide some simple, yet very efficient, tools to help us find out where we lost our way and how we can remain in a loving vibrant relationship for the rest of our lives.

This book is a manual in the true sense of the word. It is a book that offers practical advice and important background information when your relationship is failing or when dreams and vitality are on standby. This book can help you get back on track when your life together is light-years away from what you hoped for at the beginning of your relationship.

The book is illustrated with collages by the internationally recognized artist Victor IV.

Spis treści

Series Editor’s Foreword -- Part -- Introduction -- It is Never Too Late to Have a Good Relationship -- Why Do We Get Lost in Love? -- The Evolutionary Spiral of Relationships -- What are You Carrying in Your Baggage? -- The Ability to Love is Formed During Infancy -- Exercises -- Your Brain is a Partner as Well as an Opponent -- How about Tonight, Darling? -- Part 2 -- Pathways to the Vibrant Relationship -- Conflicts are Pure Gold -- Before the Dialogue of Acknowledgement -- The Dialogue of Acknowledgement Step by Step -- New Ways of Being -- New Steps – For the Rest of Our Lives -- Our Life Together -- The Realtionship Therapy Centre

O autorze

Kirsten Seidenfaden, Piet Draiby, Mette Marie Davidsen, Ros Draper