Bruce Fisher

Internationally renowned divorce therapist Bruce Fisher and his 700,000-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 show more divorced men and women who have read and used Rebuilding. 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. The third edition, revised and updated with the assistance of psychologist and marriage and family therapist Dr. Robert Alberti, continues Bruce's tradition of straight-to-the-heart response to the needs of those who are divorcing or divorced. show less

I found chapter 12 most useful. This is where Bruce Fisher makes clear how one partner goes into a 'rebellion' and seeks to find him/herself. If the other partner can stand the turmoil and not take it personally, the marriage could survive. Not taking it personally is the hard part...

A classic, highly recommended and widely used work for helping to process the difficulties of loss from a divorce.

a guide to resorting your life when a major relationship collapses. I don't remember anything much of the advice, so either I internalized it, and it was good, or it wasn't good advice.