Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work

by Matthew McKay

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Love takes work, but, when it comes to relationships, it pays to work smarter. Couple Skills, Second Edition, revised and updated from the therapist-recommended classic, will show you how to work smarter in your relationship. You'll learn to improve communication, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love in healthy and creative ways. Each chapter teaches you an essential skill that supports greater relationship satisfaction and deeper intimacy. New to this show more edition is a chapter on using acceptance skills, developed from the revolutionary new acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These new approaches will help you to accept your partner's feelings (and your own emotions) without judgment. Using these techniques will help you decide what you really value in your relationship and then commit to acting in ways that further those values every day. show less

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What I’ve noticed is that good couple skills usually come down to the small stuff: listening without interrupting, sharing chores fairly, and not turning every disagreement into a big event. In my own life, the moments that helped most were simple things like making tea after a long day or asking, “How was your day?” and actually waiting for the answer. I also looked at megapersonals reviews https://megapersonals.pissedconsumer.com/review.html while thinking about how different people approach relationships. To me, making a relationship work is less about perfection and more about showing up consistently, even on ordinary days.
Fairly helpful book for couples experiencing communication problems.

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646.7Applied science & technologyHome economics & family managementSewing, Grooming, Life SkillsManagement of personal and family life
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