Reconnecting : a self-coaching solution to revive your love life / Joseph J. Luciani.
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TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, c2009.Description: xi, 259 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0470325054 (cloth) :
- 9780470325056 (cloth)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
There's no doubt about it: every conflict in every relationship involves two people with two different perceptions, and every solution requires two partners to arrive at a single shared perception. You can't repair a damaged relationship by yourself, and you can't change your partner into someone else. Does that mean the situation is hopeless? Absolutely not!
In Reconnecting , Dr. Joseph Luciani, the celebrated author of the renowned Self-Coaching series, introduces a proven, practical method you can follow to encourage your less-than-cooperative partner to join you in a meaningful healing process, even if you have to take the first steps on your own.
Dr. Luciani begins by helping you evaluate your own level of insecurity and, using his Self-Talk technique, do something to improve it. He shows you how to use Self-Talk to become a catalyst for change in your relationship by eliminating your contribution to the problem. You'll identify your own personality patterns and use Self-Talk to let go of personal baggage, stop listening to what hurts you, and see the problem as a whole.
Next, you'll learn how to apply Catalytic Self-Coaching to your relationship. You'll find out what it means to create a relationship vacuum, and you'll start working with Self + Self = Us Portraits. You'll also discover how to risk trusting each other and to begin coaching each other away from destructive habits and toward a more truthful and loving relationship.
This eye-opening and life-changing guide offers constant support on your journey toward a more loving and rewarding relationship. You'll find plenty of prescriptive advice to help you make sense of your own personality patterns and cope with the anxiety and depression that often accompany difficult relationships. Dr. Luciani's success stories of patients who have changed their lives will help you realize that you're not alone and there is hope.
Complete with a valuable discussion of the essential principles of successful relationships and how to put them into action every day, Reconnecting is the resource you need to break free of destructive habits and create a new, more secure relationship that brings you the companionship, commitment, trust, and true love you need.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Can I really save my relationship? Becoming a catalyst -- Why your relationship isn't the problem -- Insecurity and control : relationship baggage -- Self-coaching : eliminating your contribution to the problem -- Are you a tiger, turtle, elephant, chihuahua, or peacock? Learning your reflexive personality style -- Assessing your reflexive personality patterns -- Sketching your self-portrait -- Self-talk : how to let go of personal baggage -- Self-talk step two : stop listening to what hurts you -- Self-talk step three : letting go of what hurts you -- Sketching a relationship portrait : seeing the whole problem -- Creating a relationship vacuum -- Working with self + self = us portraits -- Coaching each other : risking trust -- Putting it all together : follow-through -- Love, infatuation, and infidelity -- True love, great sex : a self-coaching understanding -- The ten essential principles of successful relating.