Contemplating Divorce : A Step-by-Step Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go

by Pease Gadoua, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781572245242
• ISBN10: 1572245247
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

This guide helps readers evaluate a troubled marriage in light of the consequences of divorce. Instead of focusing only on the emotional ramifications of divorce, this book also discusses practical concerns, such as property division.Divorce is one of life's top stressors, so how does an unhappily married person decide whether to divorce his or her spouse, or whether the marriage can be saved? The author of this book has been working for 20 years almost exclusively with people who are divorcing or contemplating divorce. In this book, she helps readers gain clarity and insight into marital problems by helping them to examine their own assumptions and expectations of marriage. Without taking one side or the other, the author helps readers explore the issues in their marriages that are troubling them, and then details the next steps to take, whether they decide to stay or go.

Author Biography

Susan Pease Gadoua, Lcsw, is founder and executive director of the Transition Institute of Marin in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, an agency that provides coaching, therapy, and workshops to people who are at some stage of marital dissolution

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Beginning the Mental Journey	p. 7
Knowing Your Options	p. 19
Understanding Your Emotions	p. 39
Learning About Your Relationship	p. 75
Knowing What You Need	p. 103
Finding Your Truth	p. 129
Taking Action When It's Needed	p. 167
Understanding the Needs of Others	p. 191
Making Peace with Your Decision	p. 221
Suggested Reading	p. 235
References	p. 239
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