Who deserves your love How to create boundaries to start, strengthen, or end any relationship
Book - 2025
"This bold approach to relationships from celebrated therapist KC Davis will help you determine which relationships are right for you-and which are not-and what to do about them. Is love conditional? What do you do about a relationship where someone's best efforts are hurting you? When should you step away? KC Davis, the renowned therapist who specializes in difficult relationships, asks and answers these questions. Just as she helps you design a functional home in Howto Keep House While Drowning, here she applies the same bold but gentle approach to relationships so that they function, too. She helpsyou navigate decisions in every type of relationship, whether romantic or platonic. Recognizing that it isn't always realistic ...to cut loose the people who rattle you, she explores how to protect yourself in those situations. With radical honesty, KC explains: -Why conflict can be intimate -Why the small moments are big for healthy relationships -How to handle vulnerabilities-yours and those of other people -How to establish standards -Steps to emotionally regulate in moments of struggle -The Decision Tree that walks you through choices Who Deserves Your Love is a gentle approach to hard relationships and is written in short bursts of text with visual tools such as lists and diagrams. The writing style is suited for those with ADHD, depression, or anyone who appreciates expertise without being overwhelmed by lengthy descriptions"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Self-help publications
- Published
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New York :
Simon Element
2025.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First Simon Element hardcover edition
- Physical Description
- viii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228).
- ISBN
- 9781668056486
- Introduction
- Part 1. How to work on your relationships
- Chapter 1. Three types of relationship behavior
- Chapter 2. Building your advisory team
- Chapter 3. The vulnerability cycle
- Chapter 4. How to slow down the vulnerability cycle
- Chapter 5. How emotional dysregulation fuels the vulnerability cycle
- Chapter 6. How to emotionally regulate
- Part 2. How to make decisions about relationships
- Chapter 7. Compassionate stories do not justify harmful behavior
- Chapter 8. The relationship decision tree
- Chapter 9. How to compare your relationship with others
- Chapter 10. Why the small moments matter
- Chapter 11. Making decisions with your head and your heart
- Part 3. How to use boundaries to have better relationships
- Chapter 12. Boundaries are the opposite of control
- Chapter 13. Boundaries mean being responsible
- Chapter 14. People-pleasing and other overfunctioning behavior
- Chapter 15. Ultimatums and boundaries
- Chapter 16. Using boundaries to stay or disengage
- Chapter 17. Boundaries and abuse
- Chapter 18. The great relay
- Appendix: Citations and further resources
- Acknowledgments