Rebuilding : When Your Relationship Ends

by Fisher, Bruce; Alberti, Robert E.

• ISBN13: 9781886230170
• ISBN10: 188623017X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Impact Pub

Summary

Internationally renowned divorce therapist Bruce Fisher and his 800,000-copy bestselling guide, Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends, have made the long and difficult process of divorce recovery a lot easier. Fisher's "divorce process rebuilding blocks" offer a proven, supportive nineteen-step process for putting one's life back together after divorce. Built on more than two decades of research and practice, Rebuilding reflects feedback from, and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women who have read and used Rebuilding--many of them on their own, others in one of thousands of groups the book has spawned in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and elsewhere. Clearly the most widely used approach to divorce recovery, Fisher's Rebuilding model has made the divorce process less traumatic, even healthier, for his readers. His Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale is recognized worldwide as a measure of adjustment to the end of a love relationship. Bruce's thorough understanding of the different stages of the divorce process is

Author Biography

Bruce Fisher, Ed.D. (1931-1998) developed the "rebuilding" model of divorce recovery nearly 25 years ago. Founder and director of the Family Relations Learning Center (Boulder, Colorado), he personally trained thousands of individuals and therapists in this approach, enriching the lives of hundreds of thousands worldwide. Popular divorce therapist, author, teacher, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D. is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, Fellow (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, and clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy His work has received international recognition as the "gold standard" for psychological self-help.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction to the Third Edition	p. 1
The Rebuilding Blocks	p. 4
Denial "I Can't Believe This is Happening to Me"	p. 30
Fear "I Have Lots of It"	p. 42
Adaptation "But It Worked When I Was A Kid!"	p. 52
Loneliness "I've Never Felt So Alone"	p. 66
Friendship "Where Has Everybody Gone?"	p. 72
Guilt/Rejection Dumpers 1, Dumpees 0	p. 82
Grief "There's This Terrible Feeling of Loss"	p. 96
Anger "Damn the S.O.B.!"	p. 110
Letting Go Disentangling is Hard to Do	p. 128
Self-Worth "Maybe I'm Not So Bad After All!"	p. 136
Transition "I'm Waking Up and Putting Away my Leftovers"	p. 148
Openness "I've Been I liding Behind a Mask"	p. 166
Love "Could Somebody Really Care for Me?"	p. 176
Trust "My Love-Wound is Beginning to Heal"	p. 188
Relatedness "Growing Relationships Help Me Rebuild"	p. 200
Sexuality "I'm Interested, but I'm Scared"	p. 216
Singleness "You Mean It's Okay?"	p. 234
Purpose "I Have Goals for the Future Now"	p. 242
Freedom From Chrysalis to Butterfly	p. 250
Kids Are Tougher Than You Think The Rebuilding Blocks Process for Children	p. 259
The Healing Separation An Alternative to Divorce	p. 265
Healing Separation Agreement Form	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 281
Index	p. 287
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