Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy
This empowering guide is an inspirational roadmap for the millions of men and women navigating a rocky relationship with a former spouse-while trying to maintain a healthy atmosphere for their child. Topics include:

* The 7 strategies for peace when an ex refuses to change
* Skills for taming former in-laws
* Ways to help children cope with a difficult parent
* Strategies and alternatives for focusing anger
* How to avoid hot-button issues
* How to nudge an ex to change for the better
* Ways to deal with children's questions and confusion
* The new partner's role in the old partner's shadow

This is the book for every frustrated parent coming out of a divorce who needs support in setting things right-the healthy, sensible, and sane way.
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Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy
This empowering guide is an inspirational roadmap for the millions of men and women navigating a rocky relationship with a former spouse-while trying to maintain a healthy atmosphere for their child. Topics include:

* The 7 strategies for peace when an ex refuses to change
* Skills for taming former in-laws
* Ways to help children cope with a difficult parent
* Strategies and alternatives for focusing anger
* How to avoid hot-button issues
* How to nudge an ex to change for the better
* Ways to deal with children's questions and confusion
* The new partner's role in the old partner's shadow

This is the book for every frustrated parent coming out of a divorce who needs support in setting things right-the healthy, sensible, and sane way.
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Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy

Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy

by Jeffery P. Wittmann
Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy

Custody Chaos, Personal Peace: Sharing Custody with an Ex Who Drives You Crazy

by Jeffery P. Wittmann

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Overview

This empowering guide is an inspirational roadmap for the millions of men and women navigating a rocky relationship with a former spouse-while trying to maintain a healthy atmosphere for their child. Topics include:

* The 7 strategies for peace when an ex refuses to change
* Skills for taming former in-laws
* Ways to help children cope with a difficult parent
* Strategies and alternatives for focusing anger
* How to avoid hot-button issues
* How to nudge an ex to change for the better
* Ways to deal with children's questions and confusion
* The new partner's role in the old partner's shadow

This is the book for every frustrated parent coming out of a divorce who needs support in setting things right-the healthy, sensible, and sane way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780399527104
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/01/2001
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey P. Wittman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, family therapist, and divorce mediator whose private practice concentrates on services for divorcing families, including the "Kids First" program.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsix
Part 1Working on Yourself
1.How You Got Here3
2.What Drives You Crazy about Your Ex-Partner9
3.Walking Around Brick Walls: Empowering Yourself16
4.Going Headfirst: Making Your Own Peace33
5.Seven Strategies for Your Head53
Part 2Whose Problem Is This?
6.Recognizing Unnecessary Burdens83
7.Unnecessary Burdens and Your Ex94
Part 3Nudging Your Ex to Change
8.Sow Respect, Reap Peace113
9.Conversations about Hot Topics: Before You Say a Word138
10.The Hot-Topic Conversation: Saying What You Came to Say156
11.Responding in a Hot-Topic Conversation: How to Answer Resistance and Opposition173
12.When Talking Doesn't Work194
Part 4Your Ex and Your Children
13.When You Have Complaints about Your Ex-Partner's Parenting211
14.To Protect or Not to Protect?226
15.When Your Kids Complain about Your Ex234
Part 5Your Ex and Others in Your Life
16.Your Ex and Your New Partner255
17.Your Ex and Your Family268
18.Final Thoughts: The Path to Freedom and Contentment279
Notes281
Additional Resources284
Index286
About the Author294
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