Debra D. Castaldo

The Return to Love Playbook (eBook, ePUB)

Secrets to recapturing passion, romance, and commitment with the partner you already have

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"I'm not in love anymore and I want out!" Are you feeling ready to bail on your partner? Rare is the person who has not experienced the painful feelings of falling out of love and the heartbreak of lost love. Divorce and break ups are still an epidemic in our "throwaway culture" where commitment has lost its meaning. The Return to Love Playbook: Secrets to recapturing passion, romance, and commitment with the partner you already have, provides the roadmap for loving well, returning to love, and staying in love for anyone who is in love, out of love, or hoping to find love. With compassion and humor, the author offers a no-nonsense comprehensive game plan for reviving passion, romance, and commitment for those who feel ready to flee their relationship and start over. Rooted in the theory of solution focused couples therapy, the book is filled with optimism for relationships as well as 34 "plays": practice exercises to help the reader navigate the challenges of lasting loving relationships. Along the way, the author summarizes her easy-to-use guidelines called "sparkling points." She delivers the "real deal" secrets of couples therapy: cutting edge skills that every couple should master in the areas of attachment, closeness, fulfillment, communication, conflict resolution, self -management, healthy sexuality, and breaking destructive multigenerational family relationship patterns. The author, Debra D. Castaldo, Ph.D., shares her comprehensive knowledge gained in over 35 years experience as a couples and family therapist, as well as her life experiences with falling in and out of love, break ups and make ups, young adult marriage, midlife divorce, dating single life, and long term love. Dr. Deb brings "the best of" techniques to help anyone who wants fulfilling long term love achieve that goal. The contents include: Introduction: An understanding of why relationships crash, why your relationship may be at risk, and why your situation may seem hopeless but not be serious! Chapter 1: Awakening - An understanding of why you feel you have "fallen out of love" Chapter 2: Aspects of Love - A description of the six stages of loving Chapter 3: - To Stay or Go - Exploring the dilemma of whether to stay and repair your relationship or cut your losses and move on Chapter 4 - Searching for Sparkle - How to regain joy and fulfillment in long - term love Chapter 5 - Going for Gold - How to establish gold standards of interactions and communication Chapter 6 - Ignite the Erotic - How to "re-light" the flames of passion and attachment Chapter 7 - Breaking the Bad - A deep dive into family history to heal your triggers and multigenerational curses of dysfunctional relationship patterns Chapter 8 - Easy to Love - The final summary of the secrets to recapturing passion, romance, passion, and commitment in long-term love, and the decision of way forward.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Balboa Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765258149
• Artikelnr.: 73134131

Autorenporträt

Debra D. Castaldo, Ph.D., also known as Dr. Deb, is a nationally recognized relationship expert who has spent over 35 years as a couples' and family therapist devoted to helping couples, families, and individuals learn how to love well and return to love once they discover they have fallen out of love. Dr. Deb has a deep understanding of the complexity of love, how difficult it can be to find, and how easily it can be lost, due to her personal experience with young adult marriage, midlife divorce, dating at midlife, and single life. She also has first hand knowledge of the challenges of falling in and out of love, break ups, make ups, and everything in between. Her therapeutic approach with couples is informed by her awareness that she has made the same mistakes many people make on their journey with love. Early in her career , she was also deeply impacted by her work with child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption as a child protective service social worker. It was in that role that she gained a profound understanding of the pervasive effect of lack of love and healthy relationship skills on children, couples, and families. Her unique therapeutic philosophy is a hope-filled, solution oriented, and strength based model. She holds a strong belief in the capacity of individuals to heal their relationship dilemmas with their own creative inspiration to build solutions. She holds firm beliefs that many couples can heal their broken relationships, but also that relationships should not cause harm, suffering, or lack of fulfillment. Dr. Deb has been a featured guest expert on such networks as ABC, NBC, CNN, Comcast, and WLNY/CBS. She has also been featured in Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Day, Shape, Redbook, and More magazines. She has been featured online on Newsweek Online, HuffPost, Epoch Times, Woman's Health, and Popsugar.com. Dr. Deb is also a regular contributor on Theygossip.com where she has provided expert commentary on celebrity couple relationships. She also provides advice on her "Ask Dr. Deb" blog at www.thedrdeb.com, and on "Love Notes with Dr. Deb" and "Grab Your Life with Dr. Deb" on all social media platforms (thedrdeb). Dr. Castaldo holds a Ph.D. from New York University, an MS from Columbia University, and completed post graduate training at The Brief Family Therapy Center, Ackerman Institute for the Family, The Milton Erickson Foundation, and Paine Whitney Psychiatric Clinic at New York Cornell Hospital. She maintains a psychotherapy, speaking, and training practice in the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Dr. Deb is also an "in demand" keynote speaker and trainer, with expertise in Solution Focused Leadership and Management, Burnout and Stress Management, and Excellence in Communication.