Too Good to Leave, too Bad to Stay

Zusatztext Praise for Too Good to Leave! Too Bad to Stay Brilliant.Shere Hite! author of The Hite Report A powerful self-help resource for anyone caught in a web of relationship distress Excellent.Christopher L. Hayes! author of Our Turn: Women Who Triumph in the Face of Divorce Few have written with such common sense and clarity about how to come out of the trap of ambivalence in marriage. I've recommended the book to colleagues and clients.Cloé Madanes! co-founder! The Family Therapy Institute A wise! compassionate! and very readable book. It will bless many lives.Rabbi Harold Kushner! author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People Kirshenbaum's expertise allows her to pinpoint the pertinent questions. And threaded through the book! which is written in a sympathetic! chatty! accessible style! are validating anecdotes that dramatize how other people have experienced and responded to the same problems the reader is going through. Publishers Weekly Braving her detailed questions about power! betrayal! communication! respect! intimacy! and love can transform the frustration of being stuck into a decision that feels right. Booklist Packed with meaty case histories. New York Daily News No fairy dust here! but a real chance for healing what Kirshenbaum calls 'the pain and waste of relationship ambivalence.' Minneapolis Star Tribune Interesting reading and helpful in the way a good therapist can be helpfulby asking the right questions! by clarifying the answers.Olga Silverstein! family therapist! author of The Courage to Raise Good Men Informationen zum Autor Mira Kirshenbaum is an individual and family psychotherapist in private practice and the clinical director of the Chestnut Hill Institute in Massachusetts. She is the author of four books, including the phenomenally successful Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay , and has appeared on many national television shows, including The Today Show , Maury Povich , Geraldo , Sally Jessy Raphael , and an ABC News special with John Stossel. She is married, has two grown children, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Klappentext There are many books that promise to help you fix a bad relationship. This groundbreaking bestseller is the first one to help you choose whether you should even try-or if you need to go. Psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum draws on years of research and her work with real-life couples to help you make the right decision. She shows you how to diagnose your unique situation with self-analysis and questions like these, which get to the very heart of your problems: • What sins are forgivable and which ones are unpardonable? • Is your partner questioning your opinions to the point where you doubt yourself? • What is your sex life really like, and how important is it? • Is there real love left between you, and how does it stack up against all that you find unlovable? Mira Kirshenbaum provides expert guidelines that are the key to making all your choices, concrete steps that you can implement right now, and the ultimate way to determine your personal bottom line-what you need to be happy. This remarkably insightful and probing guide offers advice that lets you see the truth about your relationship-and with wisdom and compassion, it helps you act with the confidence of knowing that whether you decide to go or stay, you are doing the very best thing. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgements Part I - THE PROBLEM Chapter 1 - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? Chapter 2 - Dancing in the Dark Part II - THE SOLUTION Chapter 3 - Enough Is Enough Chapter 4 - It's Too Late, Baby Chapter 5 - ...

Praise for Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay

“Brilliant.”—Shere Hite, author of The Hite Report

“A powerful self-help resource for anyone caught in a web of relationship distress… Excellent.”—Christopher L. Hayes, author of Our Turn: Women Who Triumph in the Face of Divorce
 
“Few have written with such common sense and clarity about how to come out of the trap of ambivalence in marriage. I’ve recommended the book to colleagues and clients.”—Cloé Madanes, co-founder, The Family Therapy Institute

“A wise, compassionate, and very readable book. It will bless many lives.”—Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People
 
“Kirshenbaum’s expertise allows her to pinpoint the pertinent questions…. And threaded through the book, which is written in a sympathetic, chatty, accessible style, are validating anecdotes that dramatize how other people have experienced and responded to the same problems the reader is going through.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Braving her detailed questions about power, betrayal, communication, respect, intimacy, and love can transform the frustration of being stuck into a decision that feels right.”—Booklist
 
“Packed with meaty case histories.”—New York Daily News
 
“No fairy dust here, but a real chance for healing what Kirshenbaum calls ‘the pain and waste of relationship ambivalence.’”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
 
“Interesting reading and helpful in the way a good therapist can be helpful—by asking the right questions, by clarifying the answers.”—Olga Silverstein, family therapist, author of The Courage to Raise Good Men

Autorentext
Mira Kirshenbaum is an individual and family psychotherapist in private practice and the clinical director of the Chestnut Hill Institute in Massachusetts. She is the author of four books, including the phenomenally successful Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay, and has appeared on many national television shows, including The Today Show, Maury Povich, Geraldo, Sally Jessy Raphael, and an ABC News special with John Stossel. She is married, has two grown children, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Klappentext

There are many books that promise to help you fix a bad relationship. This groundbreaking bestseller is the first one to help you choose whether you should even try-or if you need to go.

Psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum draws on years of research and her work with real-life couples to help you make the right decision. She shows you how to diagnose your unique situation with self-analysis and questions like these, which get to the very heart of your problems:

• What sins are forgivable and which ones are unpardonable?
• Is your partner questioning your opinions to the point where you doubt yourself?
• What is your sex life really like, and how important is it?
• Is there real love left between you, and how does it stack up against all that you find unlovable?

Mira Kirshenbaum provides expert guidelines that are the key to making all your choices, concrete steps that you can implement right now, and the ultimate way to determine your personal bottom line-what you need to be happy. This remarkably insightful and probing guide offers advice that lets you see the truth about your relationship-and with wisdom and compassion, it helps you act with the confidence of knowing that whether you decide to go or stay, you are doing the very best thing.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

 

Part I - THE PROBLEM

Chapter 1 - Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Chapter 2 - Dancing in the Dark

 

Part II - THE SOLUTION

Chapter 3 - Enough Is Enough

Chapter 4 - It’s Too Late, Baby

Chapter 5 - Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love

Chapter 6 - You’ve Got a Hold on Me

Chapter 7 - Talk to Me

Chapter 8 - What Is This Thing Called Love?

Chapter 9 - It Don’t Mean a Thing If I…