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"...a wise, honest and knowledgeable guide for men and women contemplating divorce...Highly recommended." - Judith Wallerstein PhD, author of The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce
"...a much needed book on an important topic." - Steve Biddulph
"A wise and practical book for managing heartbreak and change." – Dorothy Rowe
"I wish this book had been available during my first marriage, as the advice it contains would have saved me a bit of subsequent heartache. Denise Cullington doesn’t just provide a guide to making break-up as painless as possible – she explores every aspect of relationships, both good and bad. If you are in an unsatisfactory relationship – or if you’ve already broken up and you’re unhappy about it – then this book will not only make you feel better, it will help you avoid making the same mistakes again." – Jonathan Self
"With immense psychological insight the Author draws on her own experience and on her clinical work to examine every aspect of so painful a process as breaking up. It is unique in its combination of depth and accessibility. It deserves to be a classic." – Margot Waddell, Psychoanalyst and Consultant Child Psychotherapist
"...an excellent new book on surviving divorce..." - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail
"...it's to Denise Cullington's credit that she has authored such a useful book brimming with a very wise sense of recognition of what it is to be human..." - Anthony Cantle
"Seldom have I read a self-help book that has been so sensitive and empathetic, yet so challenging and constructive. Many of those who come to therapists for consultation have serious relationship difficulties; therefore I feel this book is useful for counsellors and psychotherapists and I would not hesitate to recommend it to clients." - Jenny Bloomer, Therapy Today, October, 2008
"brimming with a very wise recognition of what it is to be human ... this is a book that lives and breathes for ... those looking for practical help in the middle of marital disarray ... a beacon of understanding at what are often some very dark moments . jargon-free." - Anthony Cantle, British Journal of Psychotherapy
"compelling authority and depth that grabs the attention of the reader from the outset. hugely helpful... it left me feeling hopeful." - Christopher Vincent, British Journal of Family Therapy
"rich psychological insights are expressed in a refreshingly direct and accessible way." - Journal of Analytical Psychology
"The author teases out all the tangled threads of feeling, and once disentangled they seem less frightening, enabling the overwhelmed confused person to feel that he/she is a sane person who is upset and caught up in a process, rather than a crazy person who is trapped and not understood. I wish I'd had your book thirty years ago." - Dr Gill Flower, Amazon.co.uk review
"She writes with a kind of controlled urgency... The book never talks down to the reader: its talkative register, and a complete absence of evasiveness in the advice, means that the person addressing you may be terse, funny, sometimes brusque – but can be trusted... It's actually really, really good..." - Jim Pye, Oxford Psychotherapy Society Bulletin
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"Leaving the room of the marathon sulk and self-righteousness is a humiliating climbdown..." The phrase itself might make the marathon sulker smile for the first time for a month...
What's clear is that her own experience of her subject - implied, but translated and digested - has made her want to talk to her reader, want to take him or her by surprise - in order to unsettle the paralysing and destructive thoughts that separation can breed. She writes with a kind of controlled urgency - and also in a way that suggests that if you caught up with some of the out-takes - there might well have been out and out comedy. I kept almost hearing this, an echo of off-page laughter, and a sure sign of wisdom.
The person addressing you may be terse, funny, sometimes brusque - but can be trusted. There are no warm words. Reassurance is conditional, never offered straight: there is never "don't worry"; but rather a voice telling you that.you may have waded or still be wading through this swamp, but if you remember to think, if you try to contain your murderous phantasies, you might - with luck - get to the other side.
It's terrific. Buy it!
I found the author's crisp, refreshingly direct style made this book easy to read from beginning to end. But it's just as easy to dip in and focus on any topic that meets your immediate needs, like the assault on your emotions, the energy sapping legal battles, the impact of break up on children, the toolkits for coping, and the routes to survival and growth.
Denise Cullington writes with wisdom and insight from her personal experience of breaking up and also as a psychoanalyst. She pulls no punches yet can often bring a smile as she surveys the battlefield of breaking up. There are phrases that will stick like "The best revenge is to have a good life" and also many quotes you'll revisit like the moving one about blame from Bishop Desmond Tutu.
"breaking up blues" is a book that will help us better understand what's going on when relationships reach breaking point, and the more we understand the better we'll be able to help ourselves and others cope and survive.
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