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Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends » (3RD)

Book cover image of Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends by Bruce Fisher

Authors: Bruce Fisher, Robert Alberti, Virginia M. Satir
ISBN-13: 9781886230699, ISBN-10: 1886230692
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Impact Publishers, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2006
Edition: 3RD

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Author Biography: Bruce Fisher

Bruce Fisher, Ed.D. (1931-1998) developed the rebuilding model of divorce recovery nearly 25 years ago. Founder and director of the Family Relations Learning Center (Boulder, Colorado), he personally trained thousands of individuals and therapists in this approach, enriching the lives of hundreds of thousands worldwide. Popular divorce therapist, author, teacher, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, Fellow (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and author/coauthor of several books, including million-copy bestseller Your Perfect Right. His work has received international recognition as the "gold standard" for psychological self help.

Book Synopsis

This revised, updated third edition of the international bestseller is built on more than two decades of research and practice, incorporating feedback and life experiences of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women who have read and used Rebuilding. This book has spawned thousands of divorce recovery groups in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Finland and elsewhere. Fisher's thorough understanding and presentation of the nineteen-stage divorce recovery process is remarkable. 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. They often comment, "He seems to know exactly what I'm feeling!" This new 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.

Journal of Divorce - Esther Oshiver Fisher

...a handbook for the divorcing and divorced that is authentic and which they can employ in the rebuilding of their own lives.

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Introduction to the Third Edition1
1.The Rebuilding Blocks4
2.Denial "I Can't Believe This is Happening to Me"30
3.Fear "I Have Lots of It"42
4.Adaptation "But It Worked When I Was A Kid!"52
5.Loneliness "I've Never Felt So Alone"66
6.Friendship "Where Has Everybody Gone?"72
7.Guilt/Rejection Dumpers 1, Dumpees 082
8.Grief "There's This Terrible Feeling of Loss"96
9.Anger "Damn the S.O.B.!"110
10.Letting Go Disentangling is Hard to Do128
11.Self-Worth "Maybe I'm Not So Bad After All!"136
12.Transition "I'm Waking Up and Putting Away my Leftovers"148
13.Openness "I've Been I liding Behind a Mask"166
14.Love "Could Somebody Really Care for Me?"176
15.Trust "My Love-Wound is Beginning to Heal"188
16.Relatedness "Growing Relationships Help Me Rebuild"200
17.Sexuality "I'm Interested, but I'm Scared"216
18.Singleness "You Mean It's Okay?"234
19.Purpose "I Have Goals for the Future Now"242
20.Freedom From Chrysalis to Butterfly250
Appendix AKids Are Tougher Than You Think The Rebuilding Blocks Process for Children259
Appendix BThe Healing Separation An Alternative to Divorce265
Appendix CHealing Separation Agreement Form275
Bibliography281
Index287

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