{"product_id":"doing-conflict-better-alex-phd-lmft-iantaffi-9798889844143","title":"Doing Conflict Better: How to Navigate Trauma and Conflict, Repair Relationships, and Communicate with Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eTrauma-informed prompts, exercises, and real-life examples: how to set better boundaries and have courageous conversations with the Conflict Intimacy framework \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn inclusive, gentle, and neurodivergent-affirming approach \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo Conflict Better\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible, interactive handbook for understanding and working through conflict with care, awareness, and skill. Written by trauma therapists Alex Iantaffi and Lior Effinger-Weintraub, this book shows how conflict is a natural, inevitable part of life. And it doesn't need to be feared, avoided, shamed, or shut down: when we do it well, conflict can strengthen our relationships, transform our communication, and grow our agency for the better. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors show us how we bring our trauma into our conflicts...sometimes without realizing it. They unpack how different kinds of trauma--like individual, collective, and intergenerational trauma--shape how we show up to moments of disagreement and tension in all areas of our life, from our most personal and intimate relationships to our work spheres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOrganized into three sections on \u003cb\u003eTrauma\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eConflict\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eCommunication\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDo Conflict Better\u003c\/i\u003e teaches how: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNervous system responses like fight, flight, freeze, and fawn impact our ability to hold healthy conflict\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo develop the critical skill of \"conflict intimacy\" to channel disagreement, deepen trust, and nurture connection\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo set better boundaries, navigate shame, and engage in courageous conversations\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity-based and restorative approaches to justice can lead to genuine accountability\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrauma intersects with different neurotypes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDo Conflict Better\u003c\/i\u003e takes a trauma-sensitive tone, written in language that intentionally nurtures a safer, less triggering reading experience than other books about conflict. With user-friendly prompts, exercises, and self-care activities, this book empowers us to move from avoidant and reactive conflict styles toward more intentional, compassionate, and authentic ways of relating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex PhD Lmft Iantaffi,Lior Licsw Effinger-Weintraub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889844143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Alex PhD Lmft Iantaffi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666046849279,"sku":"9798889844143","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31ca3fcd-2fa1-4680-bce3-31e5f7de1150.jpg?v=1792015316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doing-conflict-better-alex-phd-lmft-iantaffi-9798889844143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}