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Couple Skills (2nd Ed)

Making Your Relationship Work
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Couple Skills (2nd Ed) by Matthew McKay offers practical guidance for couples aiming to build happy, intimate, and lasting relationships. Through step-by-step instructions, it teaches essential communication skills and strategies to navigate and resolve difficult conflicts effectively.
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This book is ideal for couples seeking to improve their communication and strengthen their relationship. It is also suitable for those interested in self-help approaches to family and relationship dynamics.

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Matthew McKay's and Patrick Fanning's self-help books have already sold more than 600,000 copies. Now, the popular authors teach the communication skills couples need to build happy, intimate, lasting relationships. Step-by-step, couples learn how to communicate effectively, negotiate really difficult conflicts, and more.

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Matthew McKay's and Patrick Fanning's self-help books have already sold more than 600,000 copies. Now, the popular authors teach the communication skills couples need to build happy, intimate, lasting relationships.

Step-by-step, couples learn how to communicate effectively, negotiate really difficult conflicts, and more.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781572244818

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 January 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: New Harbinger Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 448g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Matthew McKay, PhD, is a professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. He has authored and coauthored numerous books, including The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Self-Esteem, Thoughts and Feelings, When Anger Hurts, and ACT on Life Not on Anger. He has also penned two novels, Us and The Wawona Hotel. McKay received his PhD in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, and specializes in the cognitive behavioral treatment of anxiety and depression. He lives and works in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

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