Relationship Rescue A Seven Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner
Relationship Rescue A Seven Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner
Now in paperback! “The #1 self-help book for 2000″ (USA Today) and the #1 New York Times bestseller, with 1 million copies in print.”
After successfully helping hundreds of thousands of people take responsibility for their own actions, Dr. Phil McGraw now turns his expertise to the primary area of concern troubling most people: their relationships. In his tell-it-like-it-is style that already has influenced millions of Oprah viewers, “Dr. Phil” blows the whistle on the rhetoric of traditional “couples therapy” and instead tells you that — no matter what state your relationship is in — not only are you responsible for it, you are responsible for getting it back on track. By doing this, he offers readers the chance for further happiness through meaningful, fulfilling relationships that work.
Dr. Phil McGraw sets the record straight on the most popular myths about what a good relationship is supposed to be, such as:
Myth #1: A great relationship depends on a great meeting of the minds
Myth #6: A great relationship lets you vent all your feelings
Myth #7: A great relationship has nothing to do with sex
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Not his best
This book is not what it is hyped to be, Not very informative and not what I thought it would be.
3 Stars Take Charge of Your Relationship
“When you own your relationship, you must hold up the mirror to look at yourself. You will finally realize that whatever your partner is doing, you are either eliciting, maintaining, or allowing that behavior.” ~ 97
It is difficult to work on your relationship by yourself. That said, Dr. Phil believes you have a lot more control than you think. By analyzing your relationship you learn about the areas that need improvement. The book begins with a questionnaire of sixty-two sentences. You choose true or false then instantly find out if your relationship is in distress.
It takes quite a lot of time to answer all the other questions including sentences you complete and analyze. You may think you have a pretty good relationship until you see what the test results are. This book may even temporarily make your relationship worse, especially if you try to get your partner to take any of the tests. The 17 page family history evaluation did seem a little over the top.
This book requires you to make a commitment to making your relationships work. It is an extremely detailed program designed to improve your relationship in a matter of weeks. You learn to agree to disagree or to argue more effectively. You develop relationship skills instead of relying on the feelings (infatuation) you felt at the start of the relationship. Dr. Phil then delves into the dark side that can sabotage a relationship.
Dr. Phil completes the book with questions he thinks you might want to ask him and then in conclusion he writes a separate letter to women and then to men. For the most part this book is complicated yet engaging. The tests are fun to take if you have the time and they do reveal aspects you might not uncover in a more casual conversation. Dr. Phil takes on all the difficult subjects and puts the ball in your court. In one sense it can be discouraging to work on a relationship by yourself and on the other hand your partner might actually get involved in making the relationship work. “Relationship Rescue” is one of the most intense relationship books I’ve ever read.
~The Rebecca Review
5 Stars Relationship Rescue
From what my husband and I have read so far, there is a lot to learn from Dr. Phil’s Relationship Rescue. We also bought the workbook to go along with it and would highly suggest that people do that as well. The two resources put together are wonderfully productive. Just don’t expect a “how to get your spouse to change” book, this is a book designed to help you better yourself. You realize what you are doing wrong so that you can begin doing the right things. Eventually, your spouse will come around based on your actions. The old proverb that goes something along the lines of kill meanness with kindness definetely applies here.
4 Stars My books of the month
My past months pick for best books are the two SKBF Publishing’s best selling which was recommended by anther reader and I am glad I listened
1) Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility)
2) Sara’s Therapy: The Way to Purity (A session by session therapy for self growth)
And two other books
3) Seat of the Soul
4) Changing your anxious mind
Who am I? No one important, just read a lot of books about psychology and spirituality and science. I love telling people about the books I like.
5 Stars Not Bad
The Doctor focuses on The Reader, and hammers away at making the point again and again that it is The Reader, not their partner, that must embrace change and improvement. It’s a strong book. I laughed at how he puts into light how good my relationship is by his standards of trouble. My reasons for buying and reading this book are the same as anyone’s for buying a self-helper: uncharted territory and the wish of self-improvement.
My only concern is that this book would most likely never help those who are the ones who really need it. It makes strong points to this itself: You cannot control or change other people. And those who need this book are probably not smart enough to even consider reading it or seeing the need to change and modify themselves.
Thanks Dr. Phill. I am glad I read your book. It is strong and helpful.
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