Exploring why trust is so important to a relationship, After the Affai r takes a frank look at the reasons why people have affairs & the de vastating effects they may have upon the person who has been betrayed, whose first response is likely to be: Why me? After the Affair helps couples understand their feelings & explains: --Why affairs happen, including common triggers: money problems, child ren, dishonesty, etc. --Why some people ride out life's stresses while others cannot --The different types of affairs possible --How to recover from a betrayal --The pros & cons of leaving or staying in a relationship, with step s to take for reconciliation or parting as amicably as possible --How best to help your children cope --What the future may hold. ...

Exploring why trust is so important to a relationship, After the Affai r takes a frank look at the reasons why people have affairs & the de vastating effects they may have upon the person who has been betrayed, whose first response is likely to be: Why me? After the Affair helps couples understand their feelings & explains: --Why affairs happen, including common triggers: money problems, child ren, dishonesty, etc. --Why some people ride out life's stresses while others cannot --The different types of affairs possible --How to recover from a betrayal --The pros & cons of leaving or staying in a relationship, with step s to take for reconciliation or parting as amicably as possible --How best to help your children cope --What the future may hold. ...

Finding out your partner has had an affair can feel like the ultimate betrayal & learning to trust again is difficult & painful. ...

One in three marriages ends in divorce. Cohabitation, marriage, divorce & re-marriage are becoming a normal part of the pattern of everyday life. However, the effects of such a pattern on the adults & children involved can be extremely detrimental if handled badly.

In the Relate Guide to Moving On, Suzie Hayman draws on her many years experience as a Relate counsellor & agony aunt & provides information, advice & practical strategies to help you cope, as positively as possible, with the stress of breaking up with your partner. You will learn how to manage negative feelings, help your children through the difficult process, communicate with your partner & children throughout, cope with shared parenting responsibilities & sort out financial issues.

Sympathetic, sound & full of positive, practical advice, this is an invaluable guide for all those facing the breakdown of their relationship.



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Staying Together offers guidelines to help couples survive & grow th rough their relationship problems so that they need not separate & m ay maintain their commitment to each other. Case histories, quizzes an d questionnaires show how this is possible & even how to make a part nership stronger. The book covers how to: --confront difficulties --understand your partner --re-negotiate an enhanced relationship --develop skills to make improvements last --assess when problems first appeared & how they developed --face changes --communicate & meet a partner's needs --create good times --build on commitment & happiness. ...

According to statistics, one in three people in the UK today is likely to be involved in a step-family at some point in their life. In Step-Families, Suzie Hayman looks at the problems that may arise as a result of this life-change & offers strategies for coping with them.

It is common for a 'new' parent to suffer from feelings of isolation, guilt & anxiety while the established parent is concerned with balancing his or her needs with those of their partner, their children & possibly step-children. How do you also manage a sexual relationship if you are a single parent? Or accept the on-going role of the partner's 'ex' & the involvement of grandparents?

Suzie Hayman uses personal stories to suggest ways in which you can come to terms with feelings, resolve problems & anticipate trouble before it starts. She takes a candid look at family politics
- from an adult's point of view as well as a child's
- & also addresses the relationship issues which arise if you & your partner decide to have children of your own.





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Are you thinking about marriage, but afraid of ending up in the divorce statistics? Are you wondering if you're ready & able to make a public, lifelong commitment? Before You Say 'I Do' recognises that marriage takes courage, energy & self-knowledge, & leads you through a series of key questions about your relationship to help you discover if you have what it takes to make your marriage a lifelong success. These include:--What are your expectations of marriage?--What does commitment mean to you?--Can you be sexually compatible for a lifetime?--Do you both want children?--How will you cope with in-laws? Drawing on the expertise of Relate counsellors, & supported by checklists, questionnaires & case histories, this book will help you to examine your hopes & fears about marriage. It will lead you to a deeper understanding of how your relationship works & ultimately give you the insight to build the bedrock of a marriage with real staying power. ...

In this remarkable book, Jane Miller writes about the experience of being a daughter & a sister, about the intensities of family life & the illuminations that come from the last days & death of parents. Relations offers a portrait of a record-keeping, middle-class kinship, beginning with her parents' long marriage, its mysteries & incompatibilities. Here are the tensions of belonging & yet not belonging to an English middle-class at once hospitable to difference & internally divided. More than two hundred years of English history are present in these portraits, which show the gradual emancipation of women, the effects of empire on family life & the importance to it of religion, education & money. It is the story of an evolution, of a move out of trade towards public service & the professions, & towards the dramas & family romance of recent times. ...

In his bestselling book, Life Strategies, Phil Mc Graw gave powerful, straightforward advice on shaping ...

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