The relationship cure : a five-step guide for building better connections with family, friends, and lovers /

Gottman, John Mordechai,

The relationship cure : a five-step guide for building better connections with family, friends, and lovers / John M. Gottman and Joan DeClaire. - first edition. - New York, New York : Crown Publishers, (c)2001. - x, 319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

How we connect emotionally -- Step one: Look at your bids for connection -- Six bid busters and how to avoid them -- Step two: Discover your brain's emotional command systems -- Step three: Examine your emotional heritage -- Step four: Sharpen your emotional communication skills -- Step five. Find shared meaning -- Apply what you've learned.

From the country's foremost relationship expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. John M. Gottman comes a powerful, simple five-step program, based on twenty years of innovative research, for greatly improving all of the relationships in your life -- One of the nation's top relationship doctors outlines his program for repairing damaged relationships between spouses, lovers, co-workers, and family members.



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Interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal communication.
Social interaction.

HM1106 / .R453 2001