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Turn any Relationship into an Extraordinary Relationship "A refreshing alternative to common self-help approaches." --Michael E. Kerr, M.D., Director, Georgetown Family Center, Washington, D.C. and coauthor with Dr. Murray Bowen of Family Evaluation After food, water, and shelter, relationships are the most important factors in determining your quality of life. At work, productivity and efficiency depend on relationships. At home, relationships with your spouse, children, and friends are keys to success and happiness. And among nations, relationships start and stop wars. This invaluable guide shows that only by further developing yourself can you further develop your relationships. Based on the innovative family systems theory pioneered by the late Dr. Murray Bowen, this important and penetrating book offers practical and authoritative family therapy advice that has helped thousands of people throughout the last three decades. It's a blueprint to better relationships that tells how the principles of family systems theory can be used in all arenas of your life, including intimate relationships, friendships, family relationships, single life, workplace relationships, international relationships, and your relationship with yourself. "A perfect and unpretentious primer of family relationships . a relief to read." --Dr. Walter Toman, Professor Emeritus, Erlangen-Nurnberg University, Germany, and author of Family Constellation
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Roberta Gilbert, M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice and on the faculty of the Georgetown Family Center. She is also a consultant to therapists for case supervision at the Arlington Mental Health Center, Arlington, Virginia.
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This review is from: Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions (Paperback)
Whenever I'm asked to recommend a book on systems theory, I suggest Gilbert's book. She does an excellent job of accurately covering the theory, but an added bonus is her clear writing style, which makes often difficult concepts easier to digest. The book enjoys good organization. A good first choice for anyone needing an introduction to Bowen Family Systems Theory that focuses on relationships.
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Learning to Be Yourself in Your Relationships,
By alan j swindall (Hoover, AL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions (Hardcover)
I was introduced to this book several years ago and it is a volume I turn to over and over. As the subtitle suggests, it offers a new way to help the reader look at his/her relationships and offers an innovative approach for reducing the quagmires we seem to keep getting into in them. If you are serious about improving your life and the quality of your relationships and want to invest some time and effort in yourself, you will want to read this book. I recommed it every chance I get!
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Systems thinking applied to human relationships,
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This review is from: Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions (Paperback)
This book is avery nice introduction to systems thinking applied to human relationships. I really liked how the author systematically oragnized the book. The book gives us not only a framework to enable us to understand how our relationships work, but also provides us with some helpful advice about what to do about the problems we encounter in our relationships. This book has not only helped me see how my family works, but also improve my relationships with the people in my family like my spouse, parents, and children. If you are interested in understanding and improving your relationships, I highly recommend this book. I also recommend "Rhythm, Relationships, and Transcendence" by Toru Sato. It is also a fabulous book about relationships partially from a systems theory perspective.
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