Life Preservers

With wit, wisdom and uncommon sense, Dr. Harriet Lerner gives readers the tools to solve problems and create joy, meaning and integrity in their relationships. Women will find Life Preservers (more than 40,000 copies sold in hardcover) to be an invaluable motivational guide that covers the landscape of work and creativity, anger and intimacy, friendship and marriage, children and parents, loss and betrayal, sexuality and health and much more. With new insights and a results-oriented approach, Dr. Lerner answers women''s most frequently asked questions and offers the best advice for problems women face today: I always pick the wrong guys. Should I move in with him? I can''t stand my boss. Should I leave my marriage? How can I recover from his affair? Is my fantasy abnormal? Is my therapy working? I miss my mother. I can''t believe I was fired.>

About the author

Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., is one of our nation’s most loved and respected relationship experts. Renowned for her work on the psychology of women and family relationships, she served as a staff psychologist at the Menninger Clinic for more than two decades. A distinguished lecturer, workshop leader, and psychotherapist, she is the author of The Dance of Anger and other bestselling books. She is also, with her sister, an award-winning children's book writer. She and her husband are therapists in Lawrence, Kansas, and have two sons.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Lerner, Harriet Goldhor Lerner
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.1997
• EAN: 9780060928353
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092835-3
• No. of pages: 372
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 222 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Poetry, Parenting: advice and issues, Advice on careers and achieving success, Sociology: family and relationships, Memory improvement and thinking techniques, Interpersonal communication and skills, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / General, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Happiness, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Memory Improvement, SELF-HELP: General, POETRY: Women Authors, PSYCHOLOGY: Interpersonal Relations, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Success, WOMEN'S STUDIES: PSYCHOLOGY, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dating, Women's Studies / Psychology