Drawing on his experience with hundreds of couples, the author of the bestselling "I Don't Want to Talk About It" explains how both men and women can escape the roles tradition has assigned them and develop the skills that lead to intimacy--learning how to hold the relationship in regard a...

Drawing on his experience with hundreds of couples, the author of the bestselling "I Don't Want to Talk About It" explains how both men and women can escape the roles tradition has assigned them and develop the skills that lead to intimacy--learning how to hold the relationship in regard and how to speak, listen, negotiate, and stay on course.

**"What happened to the passion we started with?

Why aren't we as close as we used to be?"**

** PROBLEM:** If you are a woman who is unfulfilled in your marriage...if you feel unheard or overburdened...if you quietly live in a state of slow-burn resentment...

** PROBLEM:** If you are a man unhappy that your partner seems so unhappy with you...if you feel bewildered, unappreciated, or betrayed... ** This book offers a solution** Bestselling author and nationally renowned therapist Terrence Real unearths the causes of communication blocks between men and women in this groundbreaking work. Relationships are in trouble; the demand for intimacy today must be met with new skills, and Real -- drawing on his pioneering work on male depression -- gives both men and women those skills, empowering women and connecting men, radically reversing the attitudes and emotional stumbling blocks of the patriarchal culture in which we were raised. Filled with powerful stories of the couples Real treats, no other relationship book is as straight talking or compelling in its innovative approach to healing wounds and reconnecting partners with a new strength and understanding.