The Marriage First Aid Kit - Softcover

Bryce Kaye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982093888 ISBN 13: 9780982093887

Publisher: Bascom Hill Books, 2009

Synopsis

In his 35+ years as a therapist and marriage counselor, Bryce Kaye has come to know that problems in marriages are not going to be overcome by a self help book, a Marriage For Idiots handbook, or a couple of episodes of Dr. Phil in the afternoon. His work, The Marriage First Aid Kit, is just what the title suggests, a temporary help for couples until more permanent care can be obtained. Dr. Kaye helps his audience work on issues resulting from communication avoidance by showing how to balance the conflicting needs of attachment and autonomy in a relationship. This vital balance is endangered not only by the obvious assassins abuse, affairs, and addictions, but also what Kaye terms hedonic inhibitions the inability by some partners to seek and enjoy fun in a couple s life together. Kaye employs everyday wisdom and therapeutic theory to show individuals in a relationship how to establish autonomy while affirming attachment, how to manage inevitable and healthy conflicts, and how to share power and responsibility throughout their marriage. Incorporating examples culled from his years of helping clients, Kaye peppers his book with problem scenarios to which readers can relate as well as with a useful variety of measurement tools and viable exercises to help couples through the common issues faced in intimate relationships. Rising above the plethora of quick-fix, relationship-help manuals, The Marriage First Aid Kit by Bryce Kaye, PhD offers professional, intelligent suggestions to couples to be employed, not as panaceas, but as temporary help while they work their way through the difficulties of life together.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Bryce Kaye received his B.A. in psychology from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in psychology and personality from the University of Illinois. His earliest research focused on how the elimination of freedom causes psychological reactance, consistent with his lifelong interest in human boundary interactions. In the course of his career, he has evolved different forms of treatment based on psychophysiology and his experience with thousands of couples.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bascom Hill Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0982093888
• ISBN 13: 9780982093887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304