IMPROVING YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOR DUMMIES

Improving Your Relationship For Dummies is your essential guide to being happy with your partner. Whether you want to work through tiresome niggles, iron out potential issues before taking the next step, cope with serious problems, or simply fortify your partnership against the ups and downs of daily life, this reassuring relationship manual provides all the expert advice and practical support you need. Packed with key information on managing change, successful cohabitation, overcoming jealousy and igniting passion, and including worksheets designed to get you and your partner thinking and working together, this is your passport to a loving, communicative relationship that's set to last.


Improving Your Relationship For Dummies includes:


PART I - PREPARING FOR RELATIONSHIP CHANGEChapter 1 - Understanding the Economics of Love Chapter 2 - Doing a Relationship Inventory Chapter 3 - Developing the Ground Rules of a Successful Relationship


PART II - BOOSTING YOUR RELATIONSHIPChapter 4 - Prioritising Your Relationship Chapter 5 - Doing Oodles of Soppy Stuff Chapter 6 - The Essentials of Sex Chapter 7 - Turning Up the Sexual Thermostat


PART III - IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AND RESOLVING CONFLICTChapter 8 -Establishing the Rules of Effective CommunicationChapter 9 - Resolving Conflict Chapter 10 - Breaking the Argument Cycle


PART IV - WORKING THROUGH RELATIONSHIP ISSUESChapter 11 - Overcoming Day to Day Grumbles Chapter 12 - Handling the Bigger Issues Chapter 13 - Managing Major Life Changes Chapter 14 - Surviving an Affair Chapter 15 - Recognising When it's Over


PART V - THE PART OF TENS Chapter 16: Ten Rules of Effective CommunicationChapter 17: Ten Ways to Ignite Passion Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Avoid a Row Chapter 19: Ten Great Expectations for Couples


APPENDIX Worksheets for couples to work through together to assess the areas of their relationship they want to work on and resolve conflict.

Paula Hall is a registered sexual and relationship psychotherapist with UKCP. She is a Relate-trained couple's counsellor and psychosexual therapist, currently working in private practice. Paula is also a member of the Relate media team and regularly comments on relationship issues in the national news, on the radio and in various publications.

Introduction.


Part I: Preparing for Relationship Change.


Chapter 1: Understanding the Economics of Love.


Chapter 2: Doing a Relationship Inventory.


Chapter 3: Developing the Ground Rules for a Successful Relationship.


Part II: Boosting Your Relationship.


Chapter 4: Prioritising Your Relationship.


Chapter 5: Doing Oodles of Romantic Stuff.


Chapter 6: Understanding the Essentials of Sex.


Chapter 7: Turning Up the Sexual Thermostat.


Part III: Improving Communication and Resolving Conflict.


Chapter 8: Establishing the Rules of Effective Communication.


Chapter 9: Settling Disagreements.


Chapter 10: Breaking the Argument Cycle.


Part IV: Working Through Relationship Issues.


Chapter 11: Overcoming Day-to-Day Grumbles.


Chapter 12: Handling the Bigger Difficulties.


Chapter 13: Managing Major Life Changes.


Chapter 14: Surviving an Affair.


Chapter 15: Recognising That It’s Over.


Part V: The Part of Tens.


Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Ignite Passion.


Chapter 17: Ten Tips for Talking Together.


Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Avoid a Row.


Chapter 19: Ten Great Expectations for Couples.


Appendix: Relationship Resources.


Index.