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Books on Relationships, Abusive Relationships, Codependence, Healthy Relationships |
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Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer
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Jan 07, 2009 |
A + A - RESET
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MUST HAVES for people with relationship issues such as abuse or codependence, and for people looking for a better, healthier relationship.
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Free Yourself From an Abusive Relationship
By: Richard Kraus, Andrea Lissette
Reader Comment:
"This book effectively deals with domestic abuses without pointing fingers at gender or stereotyping a race or economic group... one of the only ones I have ever seen!!!."
buy the book $12
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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In orGet Out of Your Relationship
By: Mira Kirshenbaum
Reader Comment:
"It's the book you refer to again and again and again to help you learn what IS a healthy relationship, what IS love. Kirshenbaum also teaches those of us who just didn't get it what we can look for in the future, when our hearts decide to risk again."
buy the book $10
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People Styles at Work: Making Bad Relationships Good and Good Relationships Better
By: Robert Bolton, Dorothy Grover Bolton
Reader Comment:
"This book helped turn a bad working relationship into an excellent working relationship, and may have saved my job. I learned to "flex" to my boss's style (and to her credit, she flexed somewhat to mine)."
buy the book $13
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Our Love Is Too Good to Feel So Bad: Ten Prescriptions To Heal Your Relationship
By: Mira Kirshenbaum
Reader Comment:
"A "no nonsense" sort of person, she methodically lists what might be causing pain in a loving relationship, and teaches the reader to fix the problems and rekindle the joy in loving."
buy the book $10
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The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships
By: John Gottman
Reader Comment:
"This book is so simple yet, so true. I like the fact that the content came out of real observations of people. The steps are clearly grounded in reality... not just theory about the way people behave. "
buy the book $10
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The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize it and How to Respond
By: Patricia Evans
Reader Comment:
"This book helps the victim understand how to recognize abuse, validates the victim's perception of what is happening and offers solid suggestions as to what to do to control abuse and to protect oneself."
buy the book $10
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How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
By: David Richo
Reader Comment: "If you are looking for a quick-fix, feel good book - skip this one. If you are prepared to do the work, if you are not afraid of realization that learning how to love is a life-long process, and are not scared of (as another reviewer put it) big words, this is the book that is worth reading - again and again."
buy the book $10
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What All Little Girls Need & What Most Women Never Had: Healthy, Loving Relationships with Their Fathers
By: Joe Cucchiara
Reader Comment: "This is the best book you'll find anywhere on father-daughter relationships and, specifically, how to deepen that relationship. Cucchiara has delivered a classic. This book should be required reading for all would-be dads."
buy the book $10
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How to Really Love the One You're With!: Affirmative Guidelines for a Healthy Love Relationship
By: Larry James
Reader Comment: "This is a beautiful book of practical meditations that help keep us centered in the truth that Love is everything there is, and all that there is."
buy the book $15
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Codependence / The Dance of Wounded Souls
By: Robert Burney
Reader Comment: "This book is very clear and precise in characterizing codependency. The message linking a cultural "codependence" to a spiritual disease, while not new or novel, is compelling presented within a 12 step context."
buy the book $15
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Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship
By: Garry L. Landreth
Reader Comment: "It explains in detail the do's and don'ts of how one interacts with a child through play and it defines the importance of play for a child. And it helps parents to build a relationship with their child through the process of play."
buy the book $33
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Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
By: Robert Karen
Reader Comment: "Dr. Karen encompasses both the quality and strength of the parent-child bond, the ways in which it forms and develops, how it can be damaged and repaired, and the long-term impact of separations, losses, wounds, and deprivations."
buy the book $13
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Last Updated( Feb 13, 2009 )
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reviewed by: Harry Croft, MD
Psychiatrist, HealthyPlace.com Medical Director
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