The Critical Partner

by Skeen, Michelle; Young, Jeffrey, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781608820276
• ISBN10: 1608820270
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-03
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

In Disarming the Critical Partner, readers use a variety of assessments and checklists to assess the core #xEC;schemas,#xEE; or entrenched patterns, that drive their partners#xED; critical behavior. The book provides tools for identifying the schemas that attract readers into relationships with critical partners, and then clearly presents a variety of powerful schema therapy skills for reducing criticism, improving communication, and ending destructive relationship patterns.

Author Biography

Michelle Skeen, PsyD, maintains a private practice in San Francisco, CA, where she lives and works. Foreword writer Jeffrey Young, PhD, is founder of schema therapy and director of the Schema Therapy Institute of New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Understanding Your Critical Partner	p. 3
Identifying Your Partner's Schema	p. 15
What Makes You Vulnerable to Criticism?	p. 55
Uncovering Your Schema	p. 71
Life Traps	p. 109
Alternative Coping Strategies I	p. 121
Alternative Coping Strategies II	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 157
References	p. 159
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