Relationship Sabotage: Unconscious Factors That Destroy Couples, Marriages, and Families (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275989217)

Hidden forces--memories of past poor or hurtful relationships--drive repressed feelings and emotions that are often outside our awareness. Though we want to love and be loved, to nurture and be nurtured, those forces can wreak havoc and cause relationship sabotage, destroying couples and even whole families. The scenario is so common, explains therapist Matta, that often people get divorced without even fully understanding why, or what is was that came between them. In many cases, what it was were the lingering but unconscious memories of lessons learned as far back as childhood. These lessons may have no true bearing or justification in the current relationship, yet they can strongly affect it, fueling marital games, extra-marital affairs, addictions, poor parenting practices and a host of other harmful actions. Matta argues that we can learn to recognize these imprints and move past them to build or keep rewarding relationships. His book makes us aware, and gives us the tools to break the cycle.

Author: William J. Matta
ISBN-10: 0275989216
ISBN-13: 9780275989217
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2006
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.38w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 148