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Couple skills : making your relationship work [electronic resource] / Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning, Kim Paleg.

McKay, Matthew. (Author). Fanning, Patrick. (Added Author). Paleg, Kim. (Added Author). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Susan Marlowe. (Cast).

Summary:

Love takes work, but, when it comes to relationships, it pays to work smarter. Couple Skills, Second Edition, revised and updated from the therapist-recommended classic, will show you how to work smarter in your relationship. You'll learn to improve communication, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love in healthy and creative ways. Each chapter teaches you an essential skill that supports greater relationship satisfaction and deeper intimacy. New to this edition is a chapter on using acceptance skills, developed from the revolutionary new acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These new approaches will help you to accept your partner's feelings (and your own emotions) without judgment. Using these techniques will help you decide what you really value in your relationship and then commit to acting in ways that further those values every day. This revised and expanded edition of the classic relationship-skills book offers couples a comprehensive approach to better communication, greater intimacy, and deeper commitment. The new edition includes way to use acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) principles for better conflict management.

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  • ISBN: 9781684032778 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 1684032776 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 52 min.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [United States] : New Harbinger Publications, 2018.
  • Distributor: Made available through hoopla

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Restrictions on Access Note:
Digital content provided by hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Susan Marlowe.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Introduction > BASIC SKILLS: Listening > Expressing feelings and scripting needs > Reciprocal reinforcement > ADVANCED SKILLS: Clean communication > Idenfifying and changing cognitive distortions > Negotiation > Problem solving > ANGER AND CONFLICT: Assesing and changing strategies aversive strategies > Coping with anger > Coping with an angry partner > Time out > UNDERSTANDING AND CHANGING WHAT GOES WRONG: Identifying schemas about your partner > Old tapes: separating your partner from your parents > Coping with your defenses > Identifying your couple system > Intervening in your system > Expectations, rules, and acceptance.
Interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal communication.


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