Compassion for Couples: Building the Skills of Loving Connection

To have a healthy, secure relationship, start with self-compassion by learning to respond to your partner with love and acceptance, even when they cannot meet your every need. This guide shows you how to stop defaulting to feelings of annoyance, disappointment, or detachment and learn mindfulness, compassion, and other skills that bring you closer to your partner and enrich your lives together.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 10 April 2023
Publisher: Guilford Publications

We all need healthy, secure relationships in order to thrive, but they can be hard to build and maintain. Where do you start? According to marriage and family therapist Michelle Becker, the answer is with yourself. By learning to practice self-compassion, you are better able to respond to your partner with love and acceptance, even when they inevitably cannot meet your every need. This caring and insightful guide shows you how to stop defaulting to feelings of annoyance, disappointment, or detachment. Instead, using techniques from Becker's renowned Compassion for Couples program (plus guided meditation practices with accompanying audio downloads) you will learn mindfulness, compassion, and other skills that bring you closer to your partner and enrich your lives together. For happy couples looking to strengthen their relationship, or those facing obstacles, Becker leads the way to greater trust, mutual understanding, and a renewed sense of warmth.

Weight: 432g
Dimension: 157 x 237 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781462550579