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 Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends, 3rd Edition (Rebuilding Books; For Divorce and Beyond) :: 1886230692
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| Internationally renowned divorce therapist Bruce Fisher and his 700,000-copy bestselling guide, Rebuilding: When Your Relationship Ends, have made the long and difficult process of divorce recovery a lot easier. FisherÆs divorce process rebuilding blocks offer a proven, supportive nineteen-step process for putting oneÆs life back together after divorce. Built on more than two decades of research and practice, Rebuilding reflects feedback from, and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women who have read and used Rebuilding. Clearly the most widely used approach to divorce recovery, FisherÆs rebuilding model has made the divorce process less traumatic, even healthier, for his readers. The third edition, revised and updated with the assistance of psychologist and marriage and family therapist Dr. Robert Alberti, continues BruceÆs tradition of straight-to-the-heart response to the needs of those who are divorcing or divorced. Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
This book is amazing! It has been really helpful as I am trying to heal from my divorce. I really love the content and advice and all of the great exercises that really help stimulate various thoughts and emotions and are helping me to better understand myself, my relationship, and what I need to do heal myself and be ready for another relationship. As a counselor, I also recommend this book to my clients who are experiencing the loss of a relationship, and I have seen them heal as they go through this book. It's an excellent resource!
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Author: Guest
After an awful divorce (not my choice) of a relationship of 20 years and marriage of 11 years and a an 8 mos. old baby, this book was a godsend! It really hit on so many things I was feeling. It guided me though each phase that I was going through. I picked it up often to re-read. I would recommend this book to anyone who has just came out of a terrible breakup.
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Author: Guest
This book was the BEST thing I have read since beginning my divorce process. I feel like I have progressed so rapidly thanks to the information and practical advice found here.
The writers guide the readers on HOW to change "stumbling blocks" into "rebuilding blocks". It's not full of over-your-head psychobabble. Very practical exercises to help you analyze the process of coping with divorce.
One exercise I particularly benefitted from was the "goodbye letter" to your former spouse. It is not intended to be sent to them, but rather as a healing exercise in which to let go of all the facets of your dead relationship...good, bad and ugly.
This book helps you to recognize the mixed emotions that go along with such a life changing event. YOU CAN SURVIVE! In fact you can THRIVE! Learning how to be single again is tough after being married (whether things were good or bad), but it can be the best experience of your life! Read this book and recommend it to all of your divorced friends!
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Author: Guest
I found Rebuilding at the local Library when I went looking for a different Amazon bestseller, and I am SO glad I picked up Fisher & Alberti's book first. I was lucky enough to get this book just a couple weeks after my wife asked for a divorce, and so I was starting right into the phases of Denial, Anger, and so forth just as I read about them in the book. I read it over the course of 3 weeks, then checked it out again and started over -- and the second time, I took my time and actually focused on the exercises at the end of each chapter. By the time I was done, I was pretty much done with hoping for a reconciliation, and the anger is pretty much all gone.
I do recommend having someone to talk to about the exercises in the book -- a sort of accountability partner, a friend to whom you can REALLY open up. (Guys, take note of that: You need someone who is willing to listen to your pain, not someone to slug back a couple of cold ones while throwing darts at her picture.) It's important to have someone to talk to about the various topics in each chapter -- not just to vent but to discuss the ideas, to focus on your situation and find ways to move on with rebuilding your life.
During my second read, I also took the time to write a long letter of goodbyes, as recommended in the book. (My soon-to-be-ex has never seen that letter, and she doesn't need to.) I was surprised at some of what I wrote, but it really helped to dig up those hidden resentments and now-dashed hopes. By the end of my second read, I was ready to focus on other things besides HER.
Only time will tell how effective Rebuilding will be for me, but in these first 4 months, it has been invaluable. The library finally has their copy back and now I've bought my own. If you're starting into the divorce process, get this book to go along with one about the legal stuff. AVOID a book that tries to cover both the legal and the emotional problems in one volume, as it will invariably give both topics insufficient coverage.
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Author: Guest
I wish I had found this book a little earlier on in the divorce process. When my wife first left me, things went downhill quickly for me emotionally. I was frozen at work and at home. As a guy that had problems dealing with my emotions to begin with, this book provided some insight into what was going in my head and heart. As other reviewers have said, it let's you know that you are not alone out there, and the things you are experiencing are part of the normal grieving process.
If you are trying to pick yourself up after the ending of a significant relationship in your life (as dumper or dumpee), this book can at least point you in a healthy direction, while you are trying to sort thru just what happened.
Though it is short on advice as to coming to terms with the ending of the relationship and figuring out what went wrong, it's greatest strength is as a companion to your journey toward healing.
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