Relationship Conflicts
61 Articles & Excerpts
Can A Child's Behavior Ruin A Marriage?
by eNotAlone.com
For many years, scientists have investigated how parental conflicts and relationship problems, in general, can influence a child's well-being. Much less attention has been paid to the opposite question
Bad Marriage Affects Women More Than Men
by eNotAlone.com
Stressful marriage turns out to increase only women's risk of heart problems, a new study claims. According to experts it is women, and not men, that are the ones to suffer from increased levels of blood pressure, obesity and cholesterol
Deciding On Marriage Counseling
by eNotAlone.com
Marriage counseling is becoming more and more popular these days. Many couples going through a tough time in their marriage automatically consider marriage therapy as a possible way to help the relationship survive.
Dealing With Jealousy
by eNotAlone.com
Jealousy is one of the most destabilizing of all emotions. It can be defined as a person's fears and anxieties around attention that they think is being given to or received by the one who is dear and important to them.
Spousal Abuse: Physical And Emotional
by eNotAlone.com
Spousal abuse is a very difficult behavior to define because it embraces a number of symptoms involving both physical and emotional abuse. Physical abuse includes physical violence, such as beating, hitting, shoving, and any other physical assault
Part 1
 Feeling Good Together; The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work
by David D. Burns, M.D.
We all have someone we can't get along with - whether it's a friend or colleague who complains constantly, a relentlessly critical boss, an obnoxious neighbor, a teenager who pouts and slams doors (all the while insisting she's not upset)
The Nervous Housewife
by Abraham Myerson, M.D.
The problems of life are not all sexual, and in fact even in the relations of men and women there are more important factors. After all, as Spencer pointed out in a marvelous chapter, love itself is a composite of many things, some, of the earth, earthy
Growth Through Negotiation: Intimacy, Commitment
by Toni Coleman, LCSW
This is a very challenging and growing time in all relationship building. Reality comes into play as the couple settles into the comfort and predictability of their togetherness. Little issues can become blown-up into large conflicts.
Ending the Relationship
by Joseph M. Carver, Ph.D.
Remembering that 'The Loser' doesn't accept responsibility, responds with anger to criticism, and is prone to panic detachment reactions - ending the relationship continues the same theme as the detachment.
Dangerous Versions of 'The Loser'
by Joseph M. Carver, Ph.D.
There are more severe if not dangerous versions of 'The Loser' that have been identified over the years. If you are involved in a relationship with one of these versions, you may require professional and legal assistance to save yourself.
Nick
 Why Can't You Shut Up?
by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D.
The day begins in the middle of the night. I am not paying attention to anything but the bass in my hand, the noise in my ears. Dev is screaming, Thom is flailing, and I am the clockwork, I am the one who takes this thing called music and lines it up
Love Is Not Enough
 I Love You More: How Everyday Problems Can Strengthen Your Marriage
by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott
Like most couples deeply in love, Les and I longed to find ways to make our love endure even before we were married. Part of the impetus for our vision came from reading A Severe Mercy, the real-life love story about Sheldon and Davy Vanauken, two lovers
The Walkaway-Wife Syndrome
 The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
by Michele Weiner Davis
Although divorce offers the illusion of happiness to people of all ages, races, and personality types, there is one group that is particularly susceptible to the sound of the divorce siren. It's women.
Well-Meaning Therapists
The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
by Michele Weiner Davis
Often people recognize that friends and family can be biased and, for that reason, decide to seek professional help for their marriage. Unfortunately, going to a therapist when you are having marital problems doesn't guarantee you will leave with your
Well-Meaning Friends and Family
The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
by Michele Weiner Davis
Oddly enough, some of the people nearest and dearest to you are part of the problem. This is not to say that they don't have your best interests at heart. They do. They love you. They can't stand to see you in pain.
The Not-So-Great Escape
The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
by Michele Weiner Davis
People who are unhappy in their marriages often speak of feeling trapped. They yearn to be free from the tension, loneliness, constant arguments, or deafening silence but worry that divorce may not be the right decision.
Introduction
The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
by Michele Weiner Davis
In a down-to-earth style that is free of psychobabble, Weiner Davis outlines a realistic, solution-oriented seven-step program for managing marital problems, which, when left unchecked, can drain the life out of a relationship.
BE: Identity and Character
 Healing the Heart of Conflict: 8 Crucial Steps to Making Peace with Yourself and Others
by Mark Gopin, Ph.D.
Who we are as individuals has everything to do with how we get along with others. Step One prompts us to ask ourselves, What inside of me is contributing to this conflict, and what do I have to gain from it? Being able to see yourself as you are can be
Discovering the Compulsion to Control
 Compelled to Control: Recovering Intimacy in Broken Relationships
by J. Keith Miller
You're controlling my life! Sue shouted at Roger. Her face was contorted, beams of hot, red anger shooting from her eyes. You interrogate me about every dime I spend and then you go out and buy a brand new set of golf clubs.
Introduction
Compelled to Control: Recovering Intimacy in Broken Relationships
by J. Keith Miller
Something is wrong in America. A great, unseen vibration is shaking the country, causing ripples-then waves-of anxiety, stress, anger and shame. These waves sweep across boundaries of race, gender, class and education into the lives of almost everyone.
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