Love Is Never Enough: How Couples Can Overcome Misunderstanding

Aaron T. Beck, M.D.

Harper Collins, 30.11.2010 - 432 Seiten

“Overflowing with insights, advice and exercises which add up to the solutions that may save a failing marriage or make a good relationship better.” —Dennis Wholey, author of The Courage to Change

With eloquence and accessibility, world-renowned psychiatrist Dr. Aaron T. Beck—widely hailed as the "father of cognitive behavioral therapy"—analyzes the actual dialogue of troubled couples to illuminate the most common problems in marriage: the power of negative thinking, disillusionment, rigid rules and expectations, and miscommunication.

Based on his revolutionary cognitive therapy, Dr. Beck provides a step-by-step guide to help you:

• Overcome Misunderstandings: See how simple misinterpretations of your partner’s words and actions can create a cycle of anger, and learn to break it.
• Identify Negative Thinking: Uncover the "automatic thoughts" and cognitive distortions that fuel resentment, and replace them with more realistic and constructive viewpoints.
• Improve Communication Skills: Move beyond blaming and defensiveness with practical exercises designed to foster clear, effective, and empathetic dialogue.
• Resolve Conflicts: Implement a proven framework for working together as a team to tackle disagreements about everything from finances to family life.

Inhalt

• The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology Dissolution of Marital: 8
• THE POWER: 15
• THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS: 35
• BREAKING THE RULES: 69
• Setting Expectations Making the RulesApplying the Rules: 87
• Monologues Interruptions and Silent Listening Deaf Spots: 107
• BREAKDOWN OF: 114
• Secret Doubts Origin of Doubts about Self and Spouse The Secret: 149
• How Symbolic Meanings Twist Our Thinking The Spreading Fac: 167
• IMPROVE?: 195
• REINFORCING THE FOUNDATIONS: 217
• TUNING UP THE RELATIONSHIP: 235
• Loving and Being Loved Keeping Track of Positive Behavior Lift: 248
• CHANGING YOUR: 254
• THE ART OF CONVERSATION: 274
• Pinpointing Problems in Communication Rules of Conversational: 281
• THE ART OF WORKING: 293
• TROUBLESHOOTING: 313
• Clarification of Differences Understanding Your Mates Perspec: 320
• SPECIAL PROBLEMS: 357
• NOTES: 387
• INDEX: 401

Autoren-Profil

Aaron T. Beck, M.D., widely known as the father of cognitive therapy, was University Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and president of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University, and went on to attend Yale Medical School. He received more than 18 major professional awards from associations such as the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychopathological Association.

Bibliografische Informationen

• Titel: Love Is Never Enough: How Couples Can Overcome Misunderstanding
• Autor/in: Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
• Verlag: Harper Collins, 2010
• ISBN: 0062046373, 9780062046376
• Länge: 432 Seiten