Relationship Rescue Workbook, The: Exercises and Self-Tests to Help You Reconnect with Your Partner [平装] 0786886048

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Ever since Relationship Rescue became an instant number one New YorkTimes hardcover bestseller, Phil McGraws audiences have been askingfor a workbook to help them apply his strategies for change to theirrelationships. Now, in The Relationship Rescue Workbook, Dr. Phil,Oprah's resident expert on human functioning, provides questions,exercises and self-tests that will enable couples in even the mosttroubled relationships to get their love lives back on track. And forthose in solid relationships who would like to regain their spark, hereveals how to make that happen. He shows readers exactly how topinpoint problems in their relationships, and how to make sure thatthe changes they enact will truly last. His straightforward,tell-it-like-it-is advice is made crystal clear in this easy-to-useworkbook that is sure to prove immensely popular with his devotednational following.

Most Oprah viewers are well aware of Dr. Phil's book Relationship Rescue, whichpresents a seven-step program for salvaging troubled relationships. McGrawwould be the first to tell you that watching Oprah or reading abouthis program are all fine and good, but if you really want to rescue yourrelationship, you've got to do the work--which is where this excellentworkbook comes in. Loaded with probing questions, exercises, andfill-in-the-blank "self-tests," this four-part book is probably moreeffective than having a televised session with McGraw on Oprah. (Forthose who haven't seen the tearful relationship breakthroughs, be assuredthat McGraw gets results.)

Don't expect to approach this workbook as if you were whizzing through amagazine quiz. Like the relationship that you are trying to revive, thisworkbook presents a big commitment. (There's no timeline suggested, butjudging from the amount of work involved, common sense says to give it atleast a month.) McGraw also urges readers to use this workbook in tandemwith Relationship Rescue, even though there are similar exercises inboth books. The hardcover book is geared toward helping readers identify"what's wrong and begin the process of restoration," he explains. Theworkbook helps readers begin the self-scrutinizing work that leads tochange. Throughout this 287-page workbook, McGraw asks readers to bebrutally honest while they examine the beliefs, behaviors, resentments, andexpectations that they bring to the relationship. The four-part structureechoes the structure of his original book, starting with "Recover YourCore" and finishing with "Aim for the Best." Some of the exercises seempredictable, such as "list and describe five things that made you fall inlove with your partner." Most of the time, though, the requests areprofound and suggest a huge impact on a relationship. For example: "I am 100 percent accountable for my life, so I will take aresponsibility for bringing a win/win spirit to the table day after day. Ican show my optimism by..."

"My partner does not deserve the effort I am about to invest. I deserveit, and our relationship deserves it. I will take the respect I have forour relationship and exercise it toward my partner. Some simple ways I candemonstrate the respect I hope to be shown myself are..."

This workbook won't change your partner or offer you relationshipperfection, warns McGraw. The goal is "to reconnect with your own bestself" (which is the foundation of McGraw's couples work). Nor is there abig prize upon completing the workbook. Instead, readers will find apersonal letter from McGraw, emphasizing what's already beendiscovered--relationships aren't maintained and nurtured by a one-shotcourse, but rather by a strong commitment to one's highest self. It maysound anticlimactic, but as so many Oprah guests are likely toattest, it really works. --Gail Hudson

In this ideal companion to the bestselling "Relationship Rescue", "Dr. Phil", Oprah's resident expert on human functioning, provides questions, exercises, and self-tests that will enable couples in even the most troubled relationships to get their love back on track. The professional psychologist shows how to pinpoint problems in a relationship and make positive changes that truly last. Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D., author of the New York Timesbestseller, Relationship Rescue, has worked in the field of humanfunctioning and strategic life planning for over twenty years, he isthe co-founder and president of Courtroom Sciences, Inc., and has beenassociated with some of the highest-profile litigation cases in thecountry, including Oprahs highly publicized Mad Cow suit. Aprofessional psychologist, he appears regularly on Oprah as herresident expert on human functioning. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

出版社	Hyperion
作者	Ph.d. Phillip C. Mcgraw