Feeling Good Together
Feeling Good Together

Author: David D. Burns, M.D.

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2008-12-30

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0767930908

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Based on twenty-five years of clinical experience and groundbreaking research on more than 1,000 individuals, Feeling Good Together presents an entirely new theory of why we have so much trouble getting along with each other, and provides simple, powerful techniques to make relationships work. We all have someone we can’t get along with—whether it’s a friend or colleague who complains constantly; a relentlessly critical boss; an obnoxious neighbor; a teenager who pouts and slams doors, all the while insisting she’s not upset; or a loving, but irritating spouse. In Feeling Good Together, Dr. David Burns presents Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy, a radical new approach that will help you transform troubled, conflicted relationships into successful, happy ones. Dr. Burns’ method for improving these relationships is easy and surprisingly effective. In Feeling Good Together, you’ll learn how to: - Stop pointing fingers at everyone else and start looking at yourself. - Pinpoint the exact cause of the problem with any person you’re not getting along with. - And solve virtually any kind of relationship conflict almost instantly. Filled with helpful examples and brilliant, user-friendly tools such as the Relationship Satisfaction Test, the Relationship Journal, the Five Secrets of Effective Communication, the Intimacy Exercise, and more, Feeling Good Together will help you enjoy far more loving and satisfying relationships with the people you care about. You deserve rewarding, intimate relationships. Feeling Good Together will show you how.

Close Encounters
Close Encounters

Author: Laura K. Guerrero

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 1215

ISBN-13: 1506376711

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A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their relationships with romantic partners, friends, and family members. Bestselling authors Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, and Walid A. Afifi offer research-based insights and content illustrated with engaging scenarios to show how state-of-the-art research and theory can be applied to specific issues within relationships—with a focus on issues that are central to describing and understanding close relationships. While maintaining the spotlight on communication, the authors also emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of the study of personal relationships by including research from such disciplines as social psychology and family studies. The book covers issues relevant to developing, maintaining, repairing, and ending relationships. Both the "bright" and "dark" sides of interpersonal communication within relationships are explored.

Communication and Personal Relationships
Communication and Personal Relationships

Author: Kathryn Dindia

Publisher:

Published: 2000-09-11

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Focusing particularly on communication processes in relationships, this text presents the different theories about personal relationships that have emerged from different traditions in communication studies.

Communication, Intimacy, and Close Relationships
Communication, Intimacy, and Close Relationships

Author: Valerian J. Derlega

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2013-10-02

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1483260429

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Communication, Intimacy, and Close Relationships offers an account of the nature of intimate relationships and their effects on people's self-concepts. The development and maintenance of intimate relationships are examined, along with people's motives and goals in pursuing intimacy; the nature of social exchanges in intimate relationships; and the consequences for individuals who find themselves socially isolated. The critical role of communication in intimate relationships is given emphasis. Comprised of seven chapters, this book begins with a discussion on the role of self-disclosure in intimate relationships as well as the risks that individuals incur when they self-disclose. The next chapter presents a cognitive interaction model of the nature of intimacy and intimate relationships within the context of cognitive-social learning theory and a systems theory approach to communication. The effect of people's motives on relationships is then considered, together with the role of two fundamental human motives - power and intimacy - on love and friendship. The remaining chapters focus on the importance of the identification process - that is, how people fix their own and others' identities in social interaction - in developing relationships; patterns of nonverbal exchange in close relationships; how and why loneliness occurs; and the nature of social exchange processes in intimate relationships. The book concludes with an epilogue that provides a perspective on why people may find it difficult or easy to form intimate relationships. This monograph should be a valuable resource for psychologists and sociologists.

Scripts and Communication for Relationships
Scripts and Communication for Relationships

Author: James M. Honeycutt

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781433110528

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Designed for classes in communication and relationships, insterpersonal communication, intrapersonal competence are provided. A downloadable teacher's guide is available on request. --Book Jacket.

Maintaining Relationships Through Communication
Maintaining Relationships Through Communication

Author: Daniel J. Canary

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-01-30

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1135642893

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Relational maintenance provides a rallying point for those seeking to discover the behaviors that individuals utilize to sustain their personal relationships. Theoretical models, research programs, and specific studies have examined how people in a variety of close relationships choose to define and maintain those relationships. In addition, relational maintenance turns our attention to communicative processes that help people sustain their close relationships. In this collection, editors Daniel J. Canary and Marianne Dainton focus on the communicative processes critical to the maintenance and enhancement of personal relationships. The volume considers variations in maintaining different types of personal relationships; structural constraints on relationship maintenance; and cultural variations in relational maintenance. Contributions to the volume cover a broad range of relational types, including romantic relationships, family relationships, long-distance relationships, workplace relationships, and Gay and Lesbian relationships, among others. Maintaining Relationships Through Communication: Relational, Contextual, and Cultural Variations synthesizes current research in relationship maintenance, emphasizes the ways that behaviors vary in their maintenance functions across relational contexts, discusses alternative explanations for maintaining relationships, and presents avenues for future research. As such, it is intended for students and scholars studying interpersonal communication and personal relationships.

Communication, Relationships and Care
Communication, Relationships and Care

Author: Sheila Barrett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1134358229

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Communication and relationships have become an increasing focus of attention in debates about the future of health and social care. People working in care services are being encouraged to improve communication processes, to develop more participatory relationships with service users, and to work more closely in partnership with other professionals. This Reader provides a comprehensive collection of literature that aims to enable those involved in care services, as workers, carers or service users, to reflect on their everyday interactions and to situate them in wider contexts. Including new material from the frontline of research and practice, as well as some classic readings, this wide-ranging volume emphasises the need to see interpersonal communication as embedded in relationships, and to take account of issues of power and diversity, as well as the emotional dimension of care work. Covering both health and social care, the Reader is divided into four sections, focusing on: * concepts and contexts * analysing aspects of communication * the person in the process * communication and relationships in organisations. Communication, Relationships and Care will be an essential resource for students of social work, nursing, health and social policy, and for all involved in health and social care services, whether as professionals, carers or service users. It is a set book for the Open University's second level undergraduate course Communication and Relationships in Health and Social Care (K205).

Naked Communication
Naked Communication

Author: Sage B. Hobbs

Publisher: Wild Cosmos Press

Published: 2016-10-12

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780998171319

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You can have relationships you deeply love. Relationships are messy, and yet they're everything. Our happiness and success are directly related to the quality of our relationships. In our busy and hectic world, building and sustaining relationships can get lost in the hustle. While we're often communicating a million times a day, we're rarely doing what it takes to actually connect. We're left feeling frustrated, misunderstood, lonely, longing, and unfulfilled. In this book you'll learn: How to ask for what you really want, so you're not resentful and exhausted by never getting it How to find the courage to be your true self, so you can connect with people authentically Ways to solve conflicts confidently, so they don't become explosive or quietly destroy your relationship How to keep your fears of being judged, disappointing others, or asking for "too much" from interfering with true connection The important steps to stop doubting yourself, your desires, and your worth Naked Communication digs into the reasons you hold back, uncovers your unique patterns, and gives you a path to form the relationships that you really crave and deserve. This book is full of clear actions, moving stories, honest advice, and big encouragement to transform how you relate to yourself and others. With courage and compassion, let's get "naked."