Divorce (or Not): A Guide: Healing Relationships with Emotionally Focused Therapy/ Divorcing Well with Collaborative Law

IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS HARD! Relationship distress is exhausting, distracting and makes both partners miserable. When long-term conflict and unhappiness lead to divorce the pain can ratchet up even further. It doesn’t have to be this hard! You can find a pathway to healing a ragged bond—even when both partners have lost hope. Thousands of couples therapists throughout this country, and beyond, are trained to support relationships on the brink. This book tells you who they are, how they work and why they are successful. If you can’t stay together, divorce doesn’t have to be a process filled with anger, fear and breathtaking expenses. This book shows you how this is done—and the people who can help you. Between these covers you will: • Read about intimate conflict and how you manage it productively. • Learn about Emotionally Focused Therapy—a pathway to couple’s healing and the rediscovery of your bond. • Understand how you are hardwired to connect, not to struggle. • Read about the Seven Cardinal Rules of Legal Divorce and how to avoid their destructive grip. • Be introduced to Collaborative Divorce, a 25-year old approach which can help you divorce sanely.