Imperfect Harmony How to Stay Married for the Sake of Your Children and Still Be Happy

by Coleman, Joshua; Lewis, Julia M.

• ISBN13: 9780312289744
• ISBN10: 031228974X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-29
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Summary

Dr. Joshua Coleman is a compassionate psychologist who nonetheless isn't afraid to tell the truth: Not all mar-riages can be joyful or even meaningful, but that isn't a cause for divorce, especially when children are involved. In his ground-breaking work Dr. Coleman teaches his readers how to: -Reduce out-of-control conflict in the home -Let go of the fairy-tale marriage ideal -Accept changes in their partner -Maintain domestic peace in times of crisis. At last, unhappy husbands and wives are offered an alternative solution to divorce. By maintaining imperfect harmony, each parent has the opportunity to love, to care for, and to teach their children 'full-time.'

Author Biography

Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., is a psychologist with practices in San Francisco and Oakland, California. He is on the training faculty of the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group and has served on the clinical faculties of the University of California at San Francisco/Mt. Zion Hospital Crisis Clinic and the Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology. He has been a frequent contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle and currently writes a column for TWINS Magazine. He is a member of the Council on Contemporary Families and the National Council on Family Relations. Dr. Coleman lives with his wife and twin boys in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Table of Contents

"This is a radical book. It challenges some of the most dearly held American beliefs about marriage and long term relationships. It challenges adults to examine themselves and their marriages for ways to change in order to remain good parents and viable family units for their children. It assumes, in a matter of fact, professional and upbeat manner that it's desirable and possible to overcome and learn to live with serious relational problems that most in our modern culture would consider grounds for separation and divorce. And it offers the astounding idea that having a marriage characterized by such 'imperfect harmony' can be part of a satisfying, happy life."
-From the foreword by Julia Lewis, co-author of The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce