Health & Wellbeing Collection: Relationships & Sexual Health
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Sad Love by
Call Number: 128.46 JENPublication Date: 2022As a woman with a husband and other partners, philosopher Carrie Jenkins knows that love is complicated. Love is most often associated with happiness, satisfaction and pleasure. But it has a darker side we ignore at our peril. Love is often an uncomfortable and difficult feeling. The people we love can let us down badly. And the ways we love are often quite different to the romantic ideals society foists upon us.The Autism Relationships Handbook by
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2021Dr. Faith G. Harper joins autistic publisher and author Joe Biel to offer hard-won guidance on a wide range of topics about friendships, dating, and romance and answer a ton of questions. Autistic readers will find valuable answers and perspectives in this book.I Hate You--Don't Leave Me by
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2021After more than three decades as the essential guide to borderline personality disorder (BPD), the third edition of I Hate You--Don't Leave Me now reflects the most up-to-date research that has opened doors to the neurobiological, genetic, and developmental roots of the disorder, as well as connections between BPD and substance abuse, sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress syndrome, ADHD, and eating disorders. Both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic advancements point to real hope for success in the treatment and understanding of BPD.Emotional Blackmail by
Call Number: 158.2 FORPublication Date: 2019A practical guide to better communication that will break the blackmail cycle for good, by one of the nation's leading therapists, Susan Forward. "Breathe a sigh of relief! Susan Forward helps you identify and correct an intensely destructive and confusing pattern of relating with those you love.The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by
Call Number: 741.5941 MACPublication Date: 2019From British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life's universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" asked the mole. "Kind," said the boy. Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love.Loving Bravely by
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2017Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner and build a healthy intimate relationship, you must first become a good partner to yourself. This book offers twenty invaluable lessons that will help you explore and commit to your own emotional and psychological well-being so you can be ready, resilient, and confident in love.Rebuilding: when your relationship ends, 4th Edition by
Call Number: ebookPublication Date: 2016If you are going through a painful breakup or divorce, you may feel like the life you once knew is crashing down around you. You need help to gather the pieces and "rebuild" yourself from the ground up. Rebuilding features Bruce Fisher's "divorce process rebuilding blocks," a proven-effective, nineteen-step process for putting one's life back together after divorce.Facing the Shadow : starting sexual and relationship recovery : a gentle path to beginning recovery from sex addiction by
Call Number: 616.85833 CARPublication Date: 2015. Patrick Carnes guides readers through a series of reflections and exercises that light the path to healing from sex addiction. Facing the Shadow, used by thousands of therapists with their clients, is based on the thirty-task model of recovery from addiction that forms the basis of Carnes's work.Love Sense by
Call Number: 152.41 JOHPublication Date: 2013Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sense presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment bond, just like that between mother and child, and shows us how to develop our "love sense" -- our ability to develop long-lasting relationships.Becoming orgasmic : a sexual and personal growth programme for women by
Call Number: 613.96 HEIPublication Date: 2009A personal and sensitively written book, Becoming Orgasmic is designed to make you feel good about your sexuality and yourself.
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