The dance of intimacy
Subtitle: a woman's guide to courageous acts of change in key relationships
By: Harriet Goldhor Lerner
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Women -- Psychology.; Intimacy (Psychology); Interpersonal relations.; Change (Psychology)
Description: Points out and discusses problems of intimacy in family and partner relationships with suggestions of steps that can be taken to build solid and respectful relationships.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244).
Table of contents: title: The pursuit of intimacy : is it women’s work? -- The challenge of change  – Selfhood : at what cost? -- Anxiety revisited : naming the problem -- Distance and more distance -- Dealing with differences -- Defining a bottom line -- Understanding overfunctioning -- Very hot issues : a process view of change -- Tackling triangles -- Bold new moves : the story of Linda -- Our mother/her mother/our self -- Reviewing self-focus : the foundations of intimacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Creating a genogram.