Act with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Professional)

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This book was a little too self-helpy for me, but did include a few different exercises that seem worth trying. In later life, this often leads to yearning for attention in relationships and “clinginess,” possessiveness, or jealousy.

The book has three main parts with more emphasis on the third part on what we can do if the relationship is not working.In reactive mode, we get hooked by our thoughts and feelings, and jerked around like a fish on the end of a line. For new ACT couple therapists looking for exercises to do in the session or give as homework, and for people struggling in a committed relationship, it would be equally useful. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item.

Russ Harris provides you with the perfect blend of effective scientific methods and a deeply compassionate soul in ACT with Love . Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. As with all other self-help books I've read, I grabbed this one in a moment of intense distress—who read that stuff for fun anyway?

Identifiers: LCCN 2023000806 | ISBN 9781648481635 (trade paperback) Subjects: LCSH: Interpersonal relations. Based on your current life circumstances your income, location, marital status, children (or lack of them) , family and social networks, age, health, religious beliefs, and so on is it likely that your health and well being would be better, in the long run, if you left ? Distraction helps us avoid unpleasant feelings in the short term, but it’s often detrimental to our quality of life. You sud denly realize that the knight’s shining armor is covered in rust spots, and his white horse is really a gray donkey. To learn new skills for constructively influencing your partner’s behavior, in ways that are healthy for you, your partner, and your relationship.

My aim in this book is to help you create the best relationship you possibly can one in which you treat each other with love, kindness, and consideration, make peace with your differences, appreciate what you each have to offer, handle your emotions more effectively, support each other to thrive and learn and grow, and make the most of the time you spend together. The basic principles of ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) are used, and you are taught how to apply them to make relationships work.Or suppose deep inside your partner feels deeply unworthy: that he is inadequate, unlovable, not good enough. Well, in my twenty plus years as a therapist, I’ve worked with literally thousands of people who found it very helpful But it doesn’t work for everyone Sometimes the damage that’s been done is irreparable, or the partners have grown so far apart that there’s no coming back, or the relationship itself is so toxic that ending it is the only sensible option This is why there’s an appendix at the back of the book titled: “ If All Else Fails: How to Leave Your Relationship ” However, I’m pleased to report that while there are no guarantees, most people do get good results. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). And that doesn’t make yours “right ” and theirs “wrong” or vice versa; it just means they're different Differences are normal, natural, and inevitable, and they don’t need to be a problem, if we respond to them flexibly. What You Learned In Kindergarten You may be surprised to find that you learned the fundamentals for building good relationships while you were still at kindergarten.