Feeling good together : the secret of making troubled relationships work

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Interpersonal conflict.
Conflict (Psychology)
Interpersonal relations.
Cognitive therapy.

ISBN: 0767920708
ISBN: 9780767920704
Physical Description 274 pages
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher New York : Broadway Books, [2008]
Copyright ©2008

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General Note:	Includes index.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:	LSC 27.95

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Feeling Good Together : The Secret of Making Troubled Relationships Work

by Burns, David D.

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Feeling Good Together : The Secret of Making Troubled Relationships Work

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Acknowledgments	p. vii
	Introduction	p. ix
Part 1	Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
Chapter 1	What the Experts Say	p. 3
Chapter 2	The Dark Side of Human Nature	p. 16
Chapter 3	Why We Secretly Love to Hate	p. 23
Chapter 4	Three Ideas That Can Change Your Life	p. 31
Part 2	Diagnosing Your Relationship
Chapter 5	How Good Is Your Relationship? The Relationship Satisfaction Test	p. 41
Chapter 6	What Do You Really Want?	p. 47
Chapter 7	The Price of Intimacy	p. 51
Chapter 8	The Relationship Journal	p. 65
Chapter 9	Good Communication vs. Bad Communication	p. 70
Chapter 10	How We Control Other People	p. 80
Chapter 11	Three Troubled Couples	p. 86
Part 3	How to Develop Loving Relationships with the People You Care About
Chapter 12	The Five Secrets of Effective Communication	p. 95
Chapter 13	The Disarming Technique	p. 100
Chapter 14	Thought and Feeling Empathy	p. 115
Chapter 15	Inquiry: "Did I Get That Right?"	p. 128
Chapter 16	"I Feel" Statements	p. 134
Chapter 17	Stroking: "I-It" vs. "I-Thou" Relationships	p. 140
Chapter 18	Putting It All Together: Solutions to Common Relationship Problems	p. 150
Part 4	Making the Five Secrets Work for You
Chapter 19	Mastering the Five Secrets	p. 177
Chapter 20	Using the Five Secrets in Real Time: The Intimacy Exercise	p. 180
Chapter 21	Intimacy Training for Couples: The One-Minute Drill	p. 186
Part 5	Common Traps-and How to Avoid Them
Chapter 22	"Help! The Five Secrets Didn't Work!"	p. 193
Chapter 23	Helping and Problem Solving	p. 203
Chapter 24	Hiding Your Head in the Sand: Conflict Phobia and Anger Phobia	p. 209
Chapter 25	Apologizing: "Can't I Just Say, 'I'm Sorry'?"	p. 217
Chapter 26	Submissiveness: "I Must Please You"	p. 221
Chapter 27	Resistance Revisited: "Why Should I Have to Do All the Work?"	p. 232
Part 6	Advanced Techniques
Chapter 28	Changing the Focus: Is There an Elephant in the Room?	p. 237
Chapter 29	Positive Reframing: Opening the Door to Intimacy-and Success	p. 243
Chapter 30	Multiple-Choice Empathy: How to Talk to Someone Who Refuses to Talk to You	p. 251
Appendix	Your Intimacy Toolkit	p. 257
	Index	p. 267

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