Description: Foreword, Christopher Germer Introduction I. Start Where You Are: Understanding How Things Go Wrong in Relationships and How Things Get Better 1. We All Need to Be Loved 2. "Why Can't You Be Here for Me?": Understanding What Gets in the Way 3. "I Wish I Could Fix It!": Resisting Pain with Problem Solving 4. "Do You Care?": Finding Safe Connection 5. "Who Will Love Me?": Ensuring That Compassion Is Always Available to You II. Building a Foundation for Compassion in Your Relationship: Mindfulness, Common Humanity, and Kindness 6. Being Present: Mindfulness Skills to See Clearly and Quiet Reactivity 7. Cultivating Connection: Strength in Common Humanity 8. Getting What We Need: Kindness in Three Directions III. Putting It into Practice: Tailoring Compassion Skills to Your Relationship 9. "What Really Matters to Us?": Rooting Your Relationship in Your Values 10. "How Can We Really Get Each Other?": Using Compassionate Communication Skills 11. "Can We Heal Our Wounds?": Cultivating the Conditions for Forgiveness 12. "How Do We Keep Our Love Alive?": Celebrating Positive Experiences Together Resources Notes List of Audio Tracks Index Audio Downloads: 1. Finding Strength and Softness (5:25) 2. Uncovering Your Survival Strategies and How They Impact Your Partner (5:52) 3. Discovering Our Tendencies to Fix and Finding Vulnerability Underneath (4:57) 4. Discovering What¿s Underneath Your Need to Control, What Your Partner Feels, and How to Speak from Vulnerability (3:29) 5. Finding the Strong Back of Compassion (3:57) 6. Finding the Soft Front of Compassion (4:31) 7. Discovering How We Treat Ourselves and Others (5:35) 8. Putting Self-Compassion into Practice with Mindfulness, Common Humanity, and Kindness (8:54) 9. Supportive Touch (4:31) 10. Soles of the Feet (4:10) 11. Awareness of Breath (7:41) 12. Awareness of Sound (5:38) 13. STOP (5:35) 14. Touching Hands (5:06) 15. Discovering Common Humanity (5:57) 16. Belonging (6:48) 17. Loving-Kindness for Couples (9:13) 18. Motivating Yourself with Compassion (12:22) 19. Soften, Soothe, and Allow (8:42) 20. Meeting Our Own Needs (4:47) 21. Discovering Your Core Values (5:16) 22. STOP and LOVE (13:43) 23. Forgiving Others (7:48) 24. Forgiving Yourself (7:22) 25. Gratitude for Your Partner (3:51)
Price: 16.11 USD
Location: East Hanover, New Jersey
End Time: 2025-01-04T16:36:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Return policy details:
EAN: 9781462545155
UPC: 9781462545155
ISBN: 9781462545155
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Compassion for Couples : Building the Skills of Loving Connection
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Topic: Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Sociology / General, Mental Health
Publication Year: 2023
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Family & Relationships, Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Author: Michelle Becker
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback