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The High-Conflict Couple

A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation

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You hear and read a lot about ways to improve your relationship. But if you've tried these without much success, you're not alone. Many highly reactive couples - pairs that are quick to argue, anger, and blame - need more than just the run-of-the-mill relationship advice to solve their problems in love. When destructive emotions are at the heart of problems in your relationship, no amount of effective communication or intimacy building will fix what ails it. If you're part of a high-conflict couple, you need to get control of your emotions first, to stop making things worse, and only then work on building a better relationship.

The High-Conflict Couple adapts the powerful techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) into skills you can use to tame out-of-control emotions that flare up in your relationship. Using mindfulness and distress tolerance techniques, you'll learn how to deescalate angry situations before they have a chance to explode into destructive fights. You'll discover ways to manage problems with negotiation, not conflict, and to find true acceptance and closeness with the person you love the most.

©2006 Alan E. Fruzzetti (P)2016 Tantor Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships Relationships Emotions Marriage Help

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"Fruzzetti's focused use of the specialized dialectical behavior therapy makes his book unique in the couples-therapy field and recommends it for larger public libraries." ( Library Journal)
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Although content was really what I needed to know about, the awful narration made it very difficult to listen to, which was really dissapointing.

Excellent content spoilt by poor narration

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I enjoyed this book and found it insightful and useful. my only reservation and the reason it didn't get 5 stars is the fact that it doesn't make it really clear that if a couple are trying to find solutions to habitual conflict they should only ever this program if both are committed to the same outcome and both follow the program.

An insightful approach

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Who needs to be referred to diagram numbers in a narrated book? Narrator robotic and don’t need all the referrals to other books during a chapter

Annoying narration

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I absolutely love this book. It is one of my absolute favourite books. It talks about conflict resolution and validation in a couple. I LOVE IT!! I will hear it again.

MY FAVOURITE BOOK ON AMAZON!!!!

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educational value of a complex topic being transferred in a comprehensive manner to the average person. great

complex topic but simple explanation

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