Partner Development

When bipolar disorder afflicts the person you love, you suffer too. How have other couples learned to manage the relationship strains caused by this illness? What can you do to provide your partner with truly helpful nurturance and support? No one cares more deeply about these questions than Dr. Cynthia Last, a highly regarded therapist/researcher who also has bipolar disorder.

¿Cómo vas a llamar psicópata o narcisista a tu propia madre? ¿Al «amor de tu vida»? ¿A tu mejor amigo? ¿Cómo es posible que alguien que diga quererte te haga tanto daño?

Imagine welcoming new love into your life without the crippling weight of grief—even if it feels impossible right now. Have you ever felt trapped in overwhelming grief, questioning how you’ll ever find love again? Do you long to honor your lost partner while opening your heart to new possibilities, yet feel paralyzed by guilt and uncertainty? If this resonates with you, know that you are not alone. Many who have experienced deep loss share this emotional journey. But here’s the empowering truth: It is entirely possible to find love and purpose again, step by step, at your own pace.

Kelly Sundberg’s husband, Caleb, was a funny, warm, supportive man and a wonderful father to their little boy Reed. He was also vengeful and violent. But Sundberg did not know that when she fell in love, and for years told herself he would get better. It took a decade for her to ultimately accept that the partnership she desired could not work with such a broken man. In her remarkable book, she offers an intimate record of the joys and terrors that accompanied her long, difficult awakening, and presents a haunting, heartbreaking glimpse into why women remain too long in dangerous relationships.

We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a 'global epidemic'. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths....

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental condition in which those affected have a deep need for excessive admiration and attention, a lack of empathy for others, an inflated sense of their own importance, and troubled relationships. A narcissistic parent will try to prioritize their needs over everyone else’s. It is difficult to deal with a narcissist because not only do they have a lack of empathy, but they also have a deep tendency to push back with defensiveness, anger, and criticism. This book has something for everyone who has had to deal with a toxic, narcissistic ex.

Award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered from former New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, using her story as a prism to examine the domestic violence crisis plaguing America. Sensitive and nuanced, Assume Nothing details how Tanya’s relationship devolved into abuse, how she found the strength to leave - risking her career, reputation, and life - and how she reclaimed her freedom and her voice.

The behavior of people with Asperger's can be hard to understand and easy to misinterpret, which is why it's so important to learn more about your partner's condition. The tools presented in Loving Someone with Asperger's Syndrome will help you build intimacy and improve the way you and your partner communicate. This book will teach you how to understand the effect of Asperger's syndrome on your partner, practice effective communication skills, constructively work through frustrations and fights, and establish relationship ground rules to help you fulfill each others' needs.

Mari A. Lee is the founder of Growth Counseling Services, a counseling and recovery center in Southern California specializing in working with sex and porn addicts, and partner and spouse betrayal trauma. With over 10 years of clinical experience, Mari has written Healing Betrayal for the partner or spouse who has just learned that their significant other may be dealing with sex and/or porn addiction. Having had her own personal journey as a former partner, Mari knows how heartbreaking and emotionally draining it is to be in relationship with a person who is sexually deceptive.

Coercive control will see an abuser dominate their victim's life, from the food they eat, the people they see, the places they can go, and the things they can say. A controlling partner, through fear and intimidation, will seek to ensure their victim is subdued, to the point of accepting any and all abuse that's fired their way.

Are you ready to: Feel closer and more connected to your partner? Stop having the same argument over and over? Be happier and finally make changes that stick? It’s not too late. You can reclaim your relationship and your happiness. You just need to have the right tools to finally make it happen. My goal is, above all, to provide practical, usable tools that work - not unproven ideas or pie-in-the-sky theories that sound good but do little to help you in your day-to-day life.

More than 60 million people have been in a pathological love relationship with someone who has an impaired conscience. Using the stories of survivors and social psychological research on compliance, cognitive dissonance, and thought control, Why Can't I Just Leave? explains how relationships with pathological partners can create impossible dilemmas that trap you in a distorted dream state and hijack your thoughts and emotions. Learn what those who are conscience-impaired don't want you to know and find out how to wake up and walk out of your partner's invisible prison forever.

Get Insight and Understanding! Sometimes we just need a bit more. We just need some things explained. This book does just that. You’ll get insights and Understandings of that which no one ever explains, because they also don’t really know. Or they won’t take the time to go through it all in detail with you, and as you need, if they do. Or in language you can connect to. In this well-written book you’ll find much to connect to, think over, and think through. Articles conversations, stories, interactions, all dealing with the core theme of understanding self and others in one way or ...

The power of touch between lovers is what binds us to one another. There is nothing more loving or intimate for couples than bringing comfort, relaxation, stress relief, and sensual pleasure to your partner with a simple touch. Now, when your partner asks you to rub their back or shoulders, you can massage them with confidence. This how-to massage therapy guide will bring you from a beginner to massage mastery to please your loved one.

Decoding Avoidant and Anxious Attachment unpacks the complexities of these attachment styles and how they influence your relationships. Decoding Avoidant and Anxious Attachment takes a deep dive into the complexities of attachment styles, helping listeners understand how these patterns shape their relationships. With clear explanations and real-life examples, this insightful guide breaks down the core traits of avoidant and anxious attachment, offering strategies for fostering healthier connections.

When leaving is not a viable option: Discover how to cope with narcissists while living under the same roof, sharing a workplace, or co-parenting. Psychologists and behavioral experts are still debating the causes of narcissism, but they all agree on one thing: Having a narcissist in your life is extremely harmful to your well-being. Breaking free from that toxic circle of narcissism and codependency is hard, especially when you’re dealing with someone close to you. You’re not alone, and there’s a way to regain your freedom and confidence.

In Vindicated: Confessions of a Video Vixen, Ten Years Later, Karrine takes listeners into the belly of the beast as she harrowingly chronicles the systematic breakdown of her mind, body, and spirit at the hand of one man and the events that propelled her back to prosperity after losing everything. She candidly shares her struggle to be what others demand, her obsession with the American dream, her desperation to appear normal, the lengths to which she went, and the price she paid for it all.

You fell in love. On your wedding day, you never dreamed life could be any better. Now you’re in the midst of a heated battle, your head spinning and your heart broken, wondering where that person went. Tracy A. Malone, an internationally recognized expert on emotional abuse and narcissistic personality disorder, survival coach and founder of a narcissistic abuse support website, has been there, along with countless others whose successes offer quick, enlightening glimpses into methods used to outlast the attempts at destruction, and flourish after the dust has settled.

Leigh first met Jason at an audition for a tragic play. He was 19 and troubled and intensely magnetic, a dead ringer for James Dean. Leigh was 22 and living at home with her parents, trying to figure out what to do with her young-adult life. Within months they had fallen in love and moved to New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, a place neither of them had ever been. But what was supposed to be a romantic adventure quickly turned sinister.

¿Quieres cerrar el cliclo con tu ex pareja? ¿Quieres desapegarte de esa persona y por fin tener un poco mas de paz emocional? Para superar la dependencia emocional debes aprender a comunicarte eficazmente, ser más consciente de ti mismo, practicar la atención plena, desarrollar un fuerte sentido de la autoestima y cuidarte física y mentalmente. Aunque no exista una fórmula única, existen ciertas cosas que puedes hacer para comenzar a cerrar ciclos. Algunas de ellas son cambiar tu entorno, cuidar tu cuerpo, hablar con tus amigos y familiares, y dejar de culparte.