Relationship Rescue A Seven-Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner

by McGraw, Phillip C.

• ISBN13: 9780786885985
• ISBN10: 078688598X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-19
• Publisher: Balance

Summary

After successfully helping hundreds of thousands of people take responsibility for their own actions, Dr. Phil McGraw now turns his expertise to the primary area of concern troubling most people: their relationships. In his tell-it-like-it-is style that already has influenced millions of Oprah viewers, Dr. Phil blows the whistle on the rhetoric of traditional couples therapy and instead tells you thatno matter what state your relationship is innot only are you responsible for it, you are responsible for getting it back on track. By doing this, he offers readers the chance for further happiness through meaningful, fulfilling relationships that work.

Author Biography

Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D., has worked in the field of human functioning and strategic life planning for over twenty years. He is the co-founder and president of Courtroom Sciences, Inc., and has been associated with some of the highest-profile litigation cases in the country, including Oprah's highly publicized "Mad Cow" suit. A professional psychologist, he lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and family

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
prologue Get Real: Reconnecting with Your Core	1	(4)
It's Your Time; It's Your Turn	5	(18)
Defining the Problem	23	(23)
Blowing Up the Myths	46	(30)
Eliminating Your Bad Spirit	76	(36)
Reclaiming Your Core: The Personal Relationship Values	112	(34)
The Formula for Success	146	(46)
Reconnecting with Your Partner	192	(21)
Fourteen Days of Loving with Honesty	213	(35)
Red Alert: Relationships Are Managed, Not Cured	248	(18)
The Doctor Is ``In''	266	(29)
conclusion A Personal Letter from Me to You	295	(6)
Appendix	301