Betrayal

Communication

General

Irrational Jealousy

Rejection Sensitivity

What to Do When Anger Hurts Those You Love
Explains how anger is reinforced biologically and how the CBT methods can help change the process.

Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Ending a Bad Relationship
Discusses two common problems when ending bad relationships: returning repeatedly to the relationship and failure to learn from the mistake.

Why Are People Mean? Don't Take It Personally!
Understanding the reasons for hurtful behavior can lead to greater resolution of problems in relationships.

Co-dependency: An Issue of Control
Defines co-dependency and the problems that can occur in this unhealthy relationship style.

Struggling to Forgive: An Inability to Grieve
Discusses the normal grief process and how it impacts forgiveness.

When You Have Been Betrayed
Talks about how to handle betrayal when it truly has occurred.

What If You Considered Other Peoples' Views?
Discusses the biases that interfere with listening and suggests methods for active listening.

When Needs Come Into Conflict
A common source of conflict is when people have opposing, but valid, needs.

Crazy-makers: Passive-Aggressive People
The passive-aggressive style of communication can cause considerable problems in relationships.

7 Rules and 8 Methods for Responding to Passive-Aggressive People
Describes practical and effective ways of handling passive-aggressive behavior.

For Women Only: How to Have the Relationship of Your Dreams
When women learn how to be more direct about their needs they can develop more satisfying relationships.

Introduction: The Parable of the Porcupines
What is the "Porcupine Effect" and how can it impact your life?

The Plight of the Prickly Porcupine
Describes the "Porcupine Effect": how the distress of rejection can cause the perception of rejection which may result in being rejected.

When Rejection is an Illusion
Describes how perceived rejection can be wrong. Discusses the four desires for relationships and when those desires can lead to inaccurate feelings of rejection.

Redefining Rejection
Discusses ways to think of perceived rejection differently and how to think about actual rejection. Describes some methods to help change thinking about rejection.

Desire for Love vs. Demand for Romantic Love
Identifies how romanticized versions of love can lead to feelings of rejection and how to think differently about love relationships.

When is Jealousy Irrational?
Describes how to identify irrational jealousy and how it impacts relationships.

What to do When Your Jealousy Threatens to Destroy Your Marriage
Describes the destructiveness of irrational jealousy and how make changes.

What to do When Your Partner's Jealousy Threatens to Destroy Your Relationship
Discusses how to respond to a partner's irrational jealousy.

Rejection Sensitivity, Irrational Jealousy, and Impact on Relationships
Examines the fear of rejection, its relation to irrational jealousy, and how it negatively affects relationships.

Jealousy: When the Damage is Done
Discusses what to do when the irrational jealousy has already seriously harmed the relationship.