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Subtitle: Healthy relationships after childhood trauma Recommended to me by: a client Relationships are hard for everyone. For people with less-than-adequate caregivers early in life, the difficulty feels personal, a cause for shame as well as sadness. Laura Brown, a feminist psychologist, kindly lays out the likely consequences of early attachment wounds and repeatedly […] Subtitle: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love This book was published in 2010, and is still fully relevant – except the “new!” around attachment theory. Once you get past the initial “amazing!” hype, this book is practical, encouraging, accepting and compassionate. While I’m talking […] Subtitle: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain & Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict & Build a Secure Relationship Recommended to me by: Nora Samaran I bounced off this book the first time I tried to read it. The second time, I got past the over-simplified initial examples and cutely simplified brain science to […] Subtitle: The Two of Us Recommended by: David Mitchell I love the diverse couples on the cover of this book. They create a sense of inclusion and emotional safety right away. Sue Johnson introduces Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in “Hold Me Tight.” EFT assumes that adult attachment is natural and normal, and that it […] Subtitle: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path I read and liked this a long time ago. I’ve been recommending it to folks lately, so I reread it to refresh my memory. The part I remembered and liked was the encouragement to be yourself in dating. Show up as you are, and […] |