Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love, revised ed

"ThemostcrucialrelationshipadvicebooksinceMenArefromMars."—ErinMeanley，Glamour.comTalktoMeLikeI'mSomeoneYouLoveisabrilliantinteractiverelationshiptoolthatcanhelpcouplesstoparguingandbeginhealing.CouplestherapistNancyDreyfushituponthisrevolutionarypracticeduringaparticularlyangrycouples-therapysessioninwhichawife'sunrelentingcriticismofherhusbandwasmakinghimmoreandmoreemotionallywithdrawn.Suddenly，Dreyfusfoundherselfscribblingonascrapofpaper，"TalktomelikeI'msomeoneyoulove，"andgesturingtothehusbandthatheshouldholditup.Hedid，andwithinseconds，thefamiliarpowerdifferentialbetweenthetwoshifted，andagentler，moregenuineconnectionemerged.Thisrevisededitionfeaturestwonewsections—oneonmakingloveandanotherondeepeningtrust—containingover25new"flashcardsforreallife，"writtenstatementsthatholdthepowertoexpresswhatwewishwecouldsaytothepersonwelovebutforwhichwecan'tfindeithertherightwordsortherighttoneinwhichtosaythem.Eachofthestatementsinthisbookisaccompaniedby"fieldnotes"fromtheauthorthatexplainwhen，why，andhowtousethestatement，aswellasreal-lifestoriesfromtheauthor'spractice.