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Are you the victim of a chronic anger, verbal or emotional abuse? Do you constantly second-guess your thoughts and behavior to avoid being hurt or put down by your husband or boyfriend? If you are among the one out of three women trapped in a hurtful relationship, you can end the abuse and rebuild a loving, compassionate environment for you and your family. In Love Without Hurt, psychotherapist Dr. Steven Stosny explains the many forms of verbally and emotionally abusive relationships so you can identify abuse and why its so important to take action to change your relationship-especially because, if you have children, they have become innocent victims of the same abuse. Drawing from the revolutionary techniques of his CompassionPower boot camp, this practical program shows you self-healing techniques to help you recover from the pain and abuse, as well as methods for your partner to rewire his anger, resentment, and abusive behavior. Love Without Hurt is an essential guide for ending the cycle of resentment, pain, and abuse and developing a loving relationship.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Steven Stosny is a master; a brilliant, insightful psychologist and an incisive writer. He illuminates the issues of relationships with stunning clarity.
Along with his other book, How To Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It, this is the most profound book on marriage I've ever read and I have read quite a few!
Stosny delves deeply into the underlying dynamics of vulnerability, resentment and blame and explains why partners behave so hurtfully and irrationally.
Unlike other marriage books that focus on behaviour, this one explores unconscious, hidden issues and offers sound, practical skills for overcoming them and achieving a truly loving marriage.
We all know how important it is to make a marriage work for our own happiness and for our children and we all witness the lasting tragedy of divorce. Stosny offers struggling couples the definitive manifesto for finding the intimacy and compassion and key to family happiness we all yearn for.
I highly recommend it to every husband and wife.
Diane Priestley
Journalist
Along with his other book, How To Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It, this is the most profound book on marriage I've ever read and I have read quite a few!
Stosny delves deeply into the underlying dynamics of vulnerability, resentment and blame and explains why partners behave so hurtfully and irrationally.
Unlike other marriage books that focus on behaviour, this one explores unconscious, hidden issues and offers sound, practical skills for overcoming them and achieving a truly loving marriage.
We all know how important it is to make a marriage work for our own happiness and for our children and we all witness the lasting tragedy of divorce. Stosny offers struggling couples the definitive manifesto for finding the intimacy and compassion and key to family happiness we all yearn for.
I highly recommend it to every husband and wife.
Diane Priestley
Journalist
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79 of 82 people found the following review helpful
Life Changing Program
8 Mar 2006
Format:Hardcover
Steven Stosny's book and Boot Camp program are a life changing event. I am a stubborn Marine with 45+ years of doing things one way, without compassion. It clearly wasn't working and I knew it. I have been working on changing for more than 20 years. While working through this program I experienced an epiphany that has opened a floodgate of positive change in my life. As a result of Steven Stosny, this book and his programs, my life will never be the same.
If you are a man, and you have the guts to admit that what you are doing isn't working this book and actively pursuing the program outlined in it will change you for the better.
If you are a man, and you have the guts to admit that what you are doing isn't working this book and actively pursuing the program outlined in it will change you for the better.
58 of 60 people found the following review helpful
The best book ever written on emotional abuse
9 Aug 2006
Format:Hardcover
I have read many books on emotional abuse and this book, by far, is the best. Dr. Stosny must have been a fly on our wall over the last 25 years to be able to reiterate "verbatim" some of the conversations and events that have happened in our home.
As a woman, I highly recommend this book for other women who either know they're being emotionally abused, or have that gnawing feeling deep down inside that tells them something just isn't right about their relationship.
Dr. Stosny provides you with insight into your situation, and a Boot Camp section for your husband/boyfriend to go through. He also provides advice on what to do if either party is unwilling to go through the process. Make no mistake - this is NOT a quick fix. The abuser must come to terms with the fact that the recovery process may take years to complete. But things can still get much better than they are now very quickly.
Ultimately, this book provided me with much needed peace of mind by showing me that I wasn't crazy to think that life HAD to better than this, and that I didn't have to live this way. If you are in this situation, or know someone who is and if you love them, PLEASE buy this book. It will be the greatest thing you could ever give them.
As a woman, I highly recommend this book for other women who either know they're being emotionally abused, or have that gnawing feeling deep down inside that tells them something just isn't right about their relationship.
Dr. Stosny provides you with insight into your situation, and a Boot Camp section for your husband/boyfriend to go through. He also provides advice on what to do if either party is unwilling to go through the process. Make no mistake - this is NOT a quick fix. The abuser must come to terms with the fact that the recovery process may take years to complete. But things can still get much better than they are now very quickly.
Ultimately, this book provided me with much needed peace of mind by showing me that I wasn't crazy to think that life HAD to better than this, and that I didn't have to live this way. If you are in this situation, or know someone who is and if you love them, PLEASE buy this book. It will be the greatest thing you could ever give them.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Hope for the hopeless!
9 Jan 2006
Format:Hardcover
Dr. Stosny has the ability to make complex concepts understandable. Better yet, he has the ability to show others how to apply the principles he teaches! This book is a warm, hope-filled testimony to the power of compassion, and a catalyst for changing lives. I like the fact that it doesn't take two to begin the healing process in a relationship -- you can begin today, with or without your spouse or significant other. No more waiting for him or her to change, no more feelings of being held hostage emotionally, no more hopelessness. This is a book worth reading whether you need it for yourself, or want to recommend it to others.
Diane Nicholson, MA
Springhill Center for Family Development
Diane Nicholson, MA
Springhill Center for Family Development
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