Publisher's Synopsis
"I'm not in love anymore and I want out!" Are you feeling ready to bail on your partner? Rare is the person who has not experienced the painful feelings of falling out of love and the heartbreak of lost love. Divorce and break ups are still an epidemic in our "throwaway culture" where commitment has lost its meaning. The Return to Love Playbook: Secrets to recapturing passion, romance, and commitment with the partner you already have, provides the roadmap for loving well, returning to love, and staying in love for anyone who is in love, out of love, or hoping to find love. With compassion and humor, the author offers a no-nonsense comprehensive game plan for reviving passion, romance, and commitment for those who feel ready to flee their relationship and start over. Rooted in the theory of solution focused couples therapy, the book is filled with optimism for relationships as well as 34 "plays" practice exercises to help the reader navigate the challenges of lasting loving relationships. Along the way, the author summarizes her easy-to-use guidelines called "sparkling points." She delivers the "real deal" secrets of couples therapy: cutting edge skills that every couple should master in the areas of attachment, closeness, fulfillment, communication, conflict resolution, self -management, healthy sexuality, and breaking destructive multigenerational family relationship patterns. The author, Debra D. Castaldo, Ph.D., shares her comprehensive knowledge gained in over 35 years experience as a couples and family therapist, as well as her life experiences with falling in and out of love, break ups and make ups, young adult marriage, midlife divorce, dating single life, and long term love. Dr. Deb brings "the best of" techniques to help anyone who wants fulfilling long term love achieve that goal. The contents include: Introduction: An understanding of why relationships crash, why your relationship may be at risk, and why your situation may seem hopeless but not be serious! Chapter 1: Awakening - An understanding of why you feel you have "fallen out of love" Chapter 2: Aspects of Love - A description of the six stages of loving Chapter 3: - To Stay or Go - Exploring the dilemma of whether to stay and repair your relationship or cut your losses and move on Chapter 4 - Searching for Sparkle - How to regain joy and fulfillment in long - term love Chapter 5 - Going for Gold - How to establish gold standards of interactions and communication Chapter 6 - Ignite the Erotic - How to "re-light" the flames of passion and attachment Chapter 7 - Breaking the Bad - A deep dive into family history to heal your triggers and multigenerational curses of dysfunctional relationship patterns Chapter 8 - Easy to Love - The final summary of the secrets to recapturing passion, romance, passion, and commitment in long-term love, and the decision of way forward.
