Feeling Good Together: The secret to making troubled relationships work

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A simple, revolutionary guide to solving any relationship conflict without the need for therapy, from the author of the international bestseller Feeling Good We all have people in our lives that we just can't seem to get along with. Whether it's our spouse, co-worker or neighbour, something about the relationship just rubs us up the wrong way, and though our natural instinct is to blame the other person, that can just make things worse.In Feeling Good Together, renowned US psychiatrist Dr David Burns applies his successful method of cognitive interpersonal therapy to teach us how to take control of our relationships.Building on the principles that he first introduced in Feeling Good (over 4 million copies sold), Burns offers innovative techniques designed to improve communication skills and shows us how to cope with different personality types, such as the big ego, the jealous type, the stubborn mule and the critic, and reveals the five secrets of effective communication.This groundbreaking book will identify the behaviours that are sabotaging your relationships and give you the tools to change.

Dr David Burns is the author of five books including the bestselling Feeling Good and When Panic Attacks. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has served as Visiting Scholar at Harvard Medical School. In February 2008 Dr Burns and Feeling Good were featured on the BBC's Imagine series (first episode).

Praise for "Feeling Good Together "from mental-health professionals: "This is the finest work of its kind and will stand for generations as "the" relationship book." --Matthew May, MD, adjunct clinical faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine ""Feeling Good Together" should be required reading for all couples who want to create a happy, healthy relationship." --Tori Kelley, PhD, LMHC, owner, Central Florida Mental Health, Inc. "Finally, a relationship repair tool kit without fluff or camouflage. Change is a choice for brave and daring souls. Thank you, Dr. Burns!" --Nancy Ellen Lee, MFT, PhD "Implementing these ideas has been truly life changing. It works!" --Mischa Routon, MFT "The relationship strategies in this book are simple but profound. This is Dr. Burns's most seminal work. " --Jan Stanfield, MFT/LCSW "A powerful set of tools (and even a tool kit) to evaluate, repair, -