The Relate Guide to Better Relationships

Oct 5, 2024 1:27 AM

Author:Sarah Litvinoff

'When I fall in love it will be forever...' or so goes the song. The reality can be different and the truth is that the nature of relationships will change over time. Few things can be more distressing than finding that you and your partner are no longer communicating the way you used to, that problems have developed, or that your relationship seems to have broken down. With 60 years cumulative experience of marriage guidance, the experts at Relate know better than most how to overcome relationship difficulties and in so doing create a strong, long-lasting partnership. This highly practical guide is packed full of relationship advice, exercises and guidelines to help you better understand yourself and your partner:

- discover what makes your partner tick

- test your compatibility

- learn how to talk, listen and hear what each other is saying

- improve your sex life

- deepen your love through tackling problems together.

Reviews

A clinically rich, informative and practical synthesis of what is known about how individuals may best bring their bipolar disorder under control

—— Professor Gordon Parker, Executive Director, Black Dog Institute

A must have companion for those with bipolar disorder and their family members. It contains an excellent description of symptoms, early warning signs and much more to understand and cope with the disorder effectively

—— Lakshmi N Yatham, Professor of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

Written with passion, warmth and insight, this is a great reference for people living with bipolar disorder and their families

—— Tania Lewis, educator and consultant with bipolar disorder

provides insight into many of the challenges faced by teenagers and adults on the autism spectrum

—— Stephen M Edelson, PhD, Director, Autism Research Institute

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who lives, works, or educates someone on the autism spectrum

—— Dr Cathy Pratt, Chair, Board of Directors, Autism Society of America

Warmly funny, dry and mischievous... Genuine - and brilliant

—— Daily Mail

Intriguing and informed

—— Tom Whipple , The Times

Twenty-five essay-chapters examine 'cures' such as aspirin and thalidomide, all with a good bedside manner

—— Sunday Telegraph

This is a gripping history of the blundering progress of medicine

—— Christopher Hirst , Independent

A fascinating and irreverent history of medicine and those who've claimed to understand it, written by an NHS doctor with searing intelligence and a lively wit

—— Good Book Guide

A fascinating book

—— Word Magazine

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