Psychotherapist Harriet Goldhor Lerner uses examples from case studies, and stories from her own life, to illuminate the steps that women can take towards a more solid self and a more intimate connectedness with others. This book challenges and enlarges any definition of intimacy as the author provides a sound framework for understanding how intimate relationships, with friends, family and partners, operate and how we get in - and out - of trouble with the most important people in our lives.
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Harriet Lerner is a staff psychologist and psychotherapist at the Meninger Foundation in the US. Her work on the psychology of women and on the mangement of anger and conflict has earned her national recognition amonger general and professional audiences.
All intimate relationships can be terribly damaged by too much distance, too much intensity or simply too much pain.
In clear, direct and dramatic terms, feminist psychotherapist Harriet G. Lerner illustrates how we can move differently in these key relationships – be they with a distant or unfaithful spouse, a depressed sister, or difficult mother, an uncommitted lover or a family member that we have written off.
Using poignant examples from case studies and stories from the author's own life 'The Dance of Intimacy' illustrates the steps that women can take towards more solid and intimate relationships with others.
Whatever your definition of intimacy, this book will challenge and broaden it, as the author provides a sound framework for understanding how we get in – and out – of trouble with the most important people in our lives.
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