William J. Matta

Relationship Sabotage (eBook, PDF)

Unconscious Factors that Destroy Couples, Marriages, and Families

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Hidden forces-memories of past poor or hurtful relationships-drive repressed feelings and emotions that are often outside our awareness. Though we want to love and be loved, to nurture and be nurtured, those forces can wreak havoc and cause relationship sabotage, destroying couples and even whole families. The scenario is so common, explains therapist Matta, that often people get divorced without even fully understanding why, or what is was that came between them. In many cases, what it was were the lingering but unconscious memories of lessons learned as far back as childhood. These lessons may have no true bearing or justification in the current relationship, yet they can strongly affect it, fueling marital games, extra-marital affairs, addictions, poor parenting practices and a host of other harmful actions. Matta argues that we can learn to recognize these imprints and move past them to build or keep rewarding relationships. His book makes us aware, and gives us the tools to break the cycle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313064074
• Artikelnr.: 68527852

Autorenporträt

William J. Matta is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. He has served as an adjunct professor at several colleges over the past two decades. He is included on the list of America's Best Therapists published by Psychology Today magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface What People Bring to Counseling is Often Not the Real Problem The
Unconscious Mind--Friend or Foe? The Miture of Unconscious Forces &
Childhood Wounds Can be Lethal to a Marriage Your Family Problems May Have
Started Back in Medieval Times Unconscious Forces Can Destroy Not Only
Relationships but Whole Families People Who Feel Divorced but are Still
Married Games People Playin Relationships Organizing Problem Solving
Conversations Extra-Marital Affairs: Silence, Secrets, and Self-Disclosure
Addictions--A Vain Attempt to Make Us Feel Whole by Daniel Hoffman Our
Nervous System and Relational Problems Emotional Detachment: The Ultimate
ARelationship Destroyer So What Now?