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The rough patch : marriage and the art of living together / Daphne de Marneffe, PhD.
"A wise, radical, and optimistic approach to marriage, from a leading clinical psychologist who has counseled couples and individuals for decades. People today are trying to make their marriages work over longer lives than ever before. But staying married isn't always easy. In the brilliant, transformative, and optimistic The Rough Patch, clinical psychologist Daphne de Marneffe explores the extraordinary pushes and pulls of marriage, where our need to grow as individuals can crash headlong into the demands of our relationships. The Rough Patch is divided into chapters that address key problems that challenge marriages: money, the stresses of parenthood, sex, extramarital affairs, lovesickness, alcohol and drugs, health, aging, children leaving home, and dealing with elderly parents. De Marneffe offers readers seasoned wisdom on these difficulties, addressing the psychological, emotional, and relational capacities we must cultivate to overcome them as individuals and as couples. Blending research, interviews, and clinical experience--and writing with uncommon insight into the daily behaviors of men and women--de Marneffe dives deep into the workings of love and the structures of relationships. Every reader will find himself or herself in these pages. Intimate and sometimes gritty, The Rough Patch is an essential, compassionate resource for people trying to understand their marriage or long-term relationship. With humor and deep seriousness, de Marneffe helps men and women move in the direction we're all trying to go: toward a life lived with integrity, vitality, and love."--Dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 1501118919
- ISBN: 9781501118913
- Physical Description: xi, 352 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The rough patch: an introduction -- A brief history of the midlife crisis -- Feeling close, in love and sex -- Marriage as a story -- Affairs, flirting, and fantasy: they're never about nothing -- Alcohol and other attempted escapes -- Money: the knife inthe drawer -- Lovesickness and longing: putting them to use -- Body, health, and age: the stakes only get higher -- The empty nest: children, parents, and the turning of the generations -- Staying or leaving -- Love is a conversation. |
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Subject: | Couples > Psychology. Interpersonal relations. Marriage > Psychological aspects. Midlife crisis. |