Couples in Conflict: Portraits in Reality

ISBN-10: 1627462899
ISBN-13: 9781627462891
Series: Couples in Conflict
Pages: 232
Language: English
Published: 2014-04-08
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Author: Richard Mechem

Description

Rarely do clever comebacks or anguished protestations eliminate the abusive habit. Abusiveness is enabled by simply hanging around it. ""Ask the parent who has learned not to hang around a child's temper tantrum,"" says Dr. Mechem. ""Some clients refuse to extract themselves from the toxicity of abuse, insisting that they can lessen the partner's mistreatment through verbal communication."" Sometimes they fear that detaching will incur more abuse. Sometimes, learning from a parent's marriage, it seems safer and more natural to suffer and assume the role of victim. But victims are not desirable or loveable persons to be around. Their suffering chokes off desire and love instead of choking off abusiveness by detaching from it. Couples in Conflict: Portraits in Reality provides grippingly realistic examples in which taking a stand and detaching the right way can build the self-respect and courage lacking in the first place.