Publisher's Synopsis
Do loving relationships end because couples lack communication skills, struggle to empathize, and fail to accommodate each other's needs? That's a common belief within and without the therapeutic world - but what if it's all wrong? Dr. Richard Schwartz, the celebrated founder of 'Internal Family Systems' (IFS) therapy, offers a new way - a path toward 'courageous love' that replaces the striving, dependent, and disconnected approach to solving relationship challenges. The breakthrough realization of IFS is that our psyche contains multiple parts that each have a life of their own. Most problems in relationships arise because we unknowingly burden our partner with the task of caring for our disowned and unloved parts. In this work, you'll learn essential insights and tools to foster healthy dialogue with your parts and your partner to resolve long-standing relationship issues.
