Couples: Exploring and Understanding the Cycles of Intimate Relationships

by Barry Dym

Book Overview

Two prominent family therapists define the stages through which couples pass, discussing cultural expectations, the impact of children, gender conflicts, work, illness, and many other important... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060167130
• ISBN13: 9780060167134
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

explaining ups and downs of relationships and offering hope

THis is a truly excellent book that has helped me over the years in my marriage. THe authors' thesis is that there are 3 phases to relationships: discovery ("expansion"), disillusionment ("contraction"), and recommitment ("rediscovery"). THe book is clearly written and offers great advice. Seeing this as a cycle that had inevitable down persiods and how to get ouot of them was very valuable for me. REcommended warmly.