1st Edition
Demystifying Relationship Therapy A View from the Therapist's Chair
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Chapters
1. Introduction
2. Rebecca and James - The Price of Silence: A Modern Love Story
3. Relationships
4. Stuart and Clare - When Love gets lost in Translation
5. My Own Journey - A Path to Love and Understanding
6. Thomas and Eleanor - Empty Orbits: Finding Each Other After Years Apart
7. From Experience to Expertise - My Journey as a Relationship Therapist
8. John and Sarah – Parallel Lives
9. Breaking the Mould - Why Duo Coaching Works
10. Sam and Suzy- Fractured Foundations: First Steps to Healing
11. The Birth of The Relationship Paradigm
12. Communication
13. Barry and Edith - Half a Century of Silence: The Weight of Betrayal
14. Connection
15. Jon and Sophia - Blindsided by Fate: Learning to See Differently
16. Commitment
17. Richard and Kaye - The Beautiful Dormouse: When Love Is a Cage
18. Fun
19. Be More Penguin - Relationship Wisdom from the Ice
20. The View from the Second Chair: What You Don't See
21. The Agony and the Ecstasy
22. Rebecca and James - The Power of Second Chances
23. Growth
24. Stuart and Clare - Finding Grace in Goodbye
25. Trust
26. Thomas and Eleanor - Shared Horizons: Charting a New Course Together
27. Sex - The Unspoken Language of Intimacy
28. John and Sarah – The Power of Turning Towards
29. Sam and Suzy - Reforged Bonds: The Final Threshold
30. The Power of Tears – Embracing Emotional Expression
31. Barry and Edith - Breaking the Chains of Time: Healing After Decades
32. Unconscious Mind – Where Transformation begins
33. Jon and Sophia - Beyond Sight: Seeing with the Heart
34. Richard and Kaye - Finding the Roar Within
35. What Have I Learned?
36. Hope for Humanity
Biography
Dr Neil Wilkie is a relationship therapist, founder of Duo Coaching and creator of the Relationship Paradigm. Awarded his doctorate in the Phenomenology of Relationships, he is a Visiting Fellow at Middlesex University. His previous work includes Reinventing Relationship Therapy through the Duo Coaching Framework.
'This groundbreaking book offers a new way to look at the complexity of human relationships and provide a roadmap that offers clarity, potential and ultimately transformation for couples facing the challenges of modern living. Having wrestled with couples therapy over the years this work is quite simply a breath of fresh air. I have much pleasure in fully endorsing this endeavour.'
Dr Keith Jones, Psychotherapist and Organisational Development Consultant.
'This book challenges the conventional same old thinking and provides a powerful alternative that’s proven to make a sustainable difference in couples relationships. A must have resource for anyone working in this field.'
Nikki Owen, Author and Transformationalist
'This collection of books has emerged from doctoral research by the author and rigorously peer reviewed by a doctoral examining panel who commended the thesis and the author’s thoughtful research and development of a new concept and practice in relationship coaching. It is an excellent addition to his current and popular publications Reset and Recover. Compared to other modalities in the arena of psychological interventions, from counselling to coaching, relationship therapy has been slow to evolve to meet the challenges of contemporary times. There are a number of highlights in Reinvent but three standouts are first, how generous this work is in its attention to inviting a range of practitioners in diverse modalities to expand their practices to collaborate in duo coaching. Second is the link between appropriate interventions which duo coaching offers and the collateral benefits of reparative relationships and their role in social cohesion, health and well being. Third, and very importantly is the practical hope Reinvent extends to coaches and clients with its respectful approach, its optimism and its humanity informed by the author’s way of being in the world.'
Professor Kate Maguire, Social Anthropologist, Trauma Psychotherapist, Head of Transdisciplinary Research Programmes, Middlesex University
