Beyond the chase
Subtitle: breaking your obsessions that sabotage true intimacy
By: Carla Wills-Brandon.
Publisher: Hazelden
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Center City, Minn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592857180
Subjects: Intimacy (Psychology); Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Interpersonal communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The thrill of the chase; title: The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree! How we learn about relationships; title: Painful memories : the impact of childhood abuse on healthy intimacy; title: The emotional affair : cheating, without the sex; title: Why we can't see the dancing elephant : the alcoholic, the addict, and the co-addict; title: Work addiction : the socially acceptable intimacy buffer; title: Sexual obsession, cybersex, and addiction : distancing from intimate relationships with fantasy; title: Am I hungry or am I hurting? intimacy dysfunction and food issues; title: Are kids the problem? Or are they being used as a barrier to intimacy?; title: Using religion as a cover : hiding from healthy intimacy; title: Building healthy intimacy.