A breakthrough guide to healing troubled relationships Why do couples break up? In The Commitment Dialogues, bestselling author Matthew McKay dissects a range of typical dialogues gone wrong in order to illustrate how fear sabotages relationships. He introduces readers to 10 couples struggling with specific issues. As their dialogues unfold, each couple's core problems are revealed. Dr. McKay then shows how his techniques can help heal fractured relationships and get couples working as a team to resolve conflicts over money, children, monogamy, commitment, and more. Readers also learn: <ul>
<li>The four big relationship-damaging fears: Fear of Engulfment, Fear of Abandonment, Fear of Shame, and </li>
<li>Fear of Emptiness </li>
<li>How these fears underlie virtually every relationship issue and how to work through conflicts </li>
<li>How conversations turn sour when people project their fears onto their mates </li>
<li>Techniques for turning fears around for more productive, effective communication </li>
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The Commitment Dialogues

Self-Help

McKAY, MATTHEW

Quick, Barbara

Relationships

McGraw=Hill

Are you your own worst enemy? Are youd evastated by criticism? Do you have trouble your loved ones what you really need? If you said yes, you're a victim of low self-esteem.
Learn to be your own best friend! This easy, step-by-step program can start changing that today! You can radically improve the way you feel about yourself and discover an attractive, confident, and happier you.
Discover: simple exercises to focus on your good points how to combat your critical inner voice techniques to stop your" shoulds"--those damaging rules about how you "should" be effective ways to deal with criticism

Self-Esteem

Fanning, Patrick

St. Martin's Paperbacks

By a distinguished team of authors, this workbook offers readers unprecedented access to the core skills of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), formerly available only through complicated professional books and a small handful of topical workbooks. These straightforward, step-by-step exercises will bring DBT core skills to thousands who need it.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation & Distress Tolerance (16pt Large Print Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

ReadHowYouWant

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook broke new ground when it was first published forty years ago, detailing easy, step-by-step techniques for calming the body and mind in an increasingly overstimulated world. Now in its seventh edition and with more than one million copies sold, this fully revised and updated workbook-highly regarded by therapists and their clients-remains the go-to resource for stress reduction strategies that can be incorporated into even the busiest lives.

The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook (16pt Large Print Edition)

Davis, Martha

Eshelman, Elizabeth Robbins

Stress Management

Many people with depression believe they are defective, unwanted, or inferior, and this feeling of being flawed and inadequate often leads to a strong sense of shame. Written by experienced clinicians, this workbook provides readers with practical, proven-effective skills based in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), so they can identify and alleviate shame-based, self-defeating beliefs, and learn to create a more fulfilling life.

The ACT Workbook for Depression and Shame: Overcome Thoughts of Defectiveness and Increase Well-Being Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Large Print 16 Pt Edition)

Greenberg, Michael Jason

The Anger Toolkit: Quick Tools to Manage Intense Emotions and Keep Your Cool

This workbook is designed to teach you the most popular stress management and relaxation techniques and exercises used today. Consider it your guide to increasing your awareness of your personal reaction to stress and building your sense of control and mastery over the stressors in your life. A basic premise of this workbook is that the benefits of relaxation and stress reduction techniques can only be fully realized after they have been practiced regularly over a period of time. Intellectual understanding of most techniques is of little value, unless accompanied by firsthand experience. Illustrated.

Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook

Diane Pub Co.

Great book for healing your relationship and building bridges of communication.

Messages: The Communication Book

Psychology & Counseling

New Harbinger Pubns Inc

This audio program contains a complete introduction to the Jacobsen technique for complete, progressive deep muscle relaxation. Learn fast and easy methods for quick relaxation of major muscle groups. Simple exercises help you focus on your breathing and use complete natural breaths to turns stressful feelings into a vanishing memory. Exciting yoga breathing techniques help you relax or build extraordinary energy when you need to most.

Progressive Relaxation and Breathing

A sharper experience of your inner and outer worlds will give you deep insight into controlling your reactions to stressful situations. This complete audio program includes exercises in body sensing, positive visualization, and guided fantasies that will enhance your personal sensitivities and make deep relaxation easily achievable.

Body Awareness And Imagination

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