The Passion Trap: How to Right an Unbalanced Relationship

by Dean C Delis, Cassandra Phillips (With)

Overview

Renowned psychologist Dr. Dean Delis shows how to change the patterns that threaten romantic relationships. Formerly published as The Passion Paradox.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587361081
Publisher:	Wheatmark, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/15/2002
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 8.95(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I. The Painful Patterns that Create Unequal Love

Chapter 1. Falling in Love: The Pleasures and Perils of Passion

Chapter 2. Balancing Acts: Power Shifts in Relationships

Chapter 3. One-Ups: The Burden of Power

Chapter 4. The Commitment-Ambivalence Syndrome (CAS): When the One-Up Is on the Fence

Chapter 5. One-Downs: Love Turns into Pain

Chapter 6. From Rock Bottom to Rebirth: The Renaissance of the One-Down

Part II. How to Create an Equal Love That Lasts

Chapter 7. Letting Go of Old Solutions

Chapter 8. Communicating: How to Talk Balance Back into Your Relationship

Chapter 9. What One-Downs Can Do: Seven Equalizing Strategies

Chapter 10. What One-Ups Can Do: Seven Ways to Give Love a Chance

Chapter 11. Seeking the Roots of Imbalance: Situations, Sex Roles, Attraction Power

Chapter 12. The Balanced Self: An Introduction to Personality Styles

Chapter 13. The One-Down Personality: Learning to Value Yourself

Chapter 14. The One-Up Personality: Learning to Be Vulnerable

Chapter 15. When to Leave

Chapter 16. Embracing the Paradox of Passion in Love and Marriage

Bibliography

About the Authors

What People are Saying About This

Majorie Hansen Shaevitz

I had planned to skim through The Passion Trap, but ended up reading every page and taking notes. It captures the essence of today's complicated relationships. Not to be missed!
— author of The Superwoman Syndrome

Warren Farrell

It is impossible to have been in love and not find yourself in this book.
— author of Why Men Are the Way They Are

Robert J. Sternberg

[The Passion Trap] is among the best books I've ever read--technical or popular--on relationships. It is extraordinarily insightful … practical and full of suggestions people can use to improve their relationships…. I am recommending it to everyone I know who is interested in this area.
—Ph.D., IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Yale University; President, American Psychological Association; editor of The Psychology of Love