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Synopsis of
THE POWER OF A
PARTNER
~
Creating and Maintaining Healthy Gay and Lesbian
Relationships
Lovers, Life
partners, significant others...siblings, mothers
and sons, fathers and daughters...best friends,
ex-lovers, colleagues. These are some of the
relationships by which we define ourselves. They
create the fabric of our lives. They illustrate
the richness of our humanness, challenge our
interpersonal skills, and give the world a window
into who we are. For better of for worse,
consciously or unconsciously, we are our
relationships.
THE POWER OF A PARTNER provides a
self-help blueprint using the experiences of
other gay and lesbians to help you through the
rough spots, those deep and troubling waters
where others have dared to tread. Real-life
stories highlight a wide variety of pertinent
topics, and are culled from Dr. Rick's 15-year
private practice as well as from personal
experiences with friends and family. They
illustrate honestly and openly the relationship
issues most important in the lives of gay men and
lesbians. Presented in a user-friendly format
that suggests what works and what doesn't THE
POWER OF A PARTNER will help you experience
three therapeutic fundamentals:
- I am not
alone with my problems.
- There is hope
for my relationship(s).
- Here are
practical guidelines I can try myself (we
can try together).
Learning from each
other is really such a simple idea, a
common-sense approach to attaining a healthy and
happy life. In THE POWER OF A PARTNER gay
men and women share both their successes as well
as their difficulties, providing the reader with
healthy role models from whom to learn.
The first section,
titled "Partners", covers a wide range
of topics: finding a healthy monogamous
relationship, dealing with a "open"
relationship, staying friends with the ex,
tending one's heart with care and nurturance in
preparation for a new lover, learning the
difference between love and lust, and
understanding why we choose whom we choose.
The second section, "Family and
Friends", looks at issues surrounding
different types of platonic friendships, family
relationships, and work relationships as well as
what's at stake in these relationships when one
decides to come out as gay or lesbian.
In the third
section of the book, "Therapy", there
is an extensive discussion about how to heal and
move on after a loss, as well as several
relationship meditations and commonly asked
questions (with answers) that address additional
topics of concern.
The primary goal
of this book is to help you - and your loved ones
- understand the myriad dynamics involved for
healthy gay and lesbian relationships of all
kinds. We indeed have within us the ability and
power to choose, develop, and maintain healthy,
ongoing relationships. The way we learn to
nurture these relationships is by committing to
personal growth, rigorous honesty, and increased
self-awareness. For these are the qualities of
healthy self-esteem - for ourselves, for our
partners, for our community.
THE POWER OF A
PARTNER will inspire you: to be willing to
take risks, to learn to embrace vulnerability,
and to commit to loving relationships of all
kinds. It will teach you to use the creativity,
aliveness, and freedom within. Let the journey
begin!
Praise for THE
POWER OF A PARTNER ~ Creating and Maintaining
Healthy Gay and Lesbian Relationships from
Dr. Kenneth D. George, author of Mr.
Right Is Out There.
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POWER OF A PARTNER ~ Creating and Maintaining
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