Product Description
by Riley K. Smith Ma (Author), Tina B. Tessina Phd (Author)
FOR OVER THREE DECADES, THE ESTABLISHED HANDBOOK ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EQUALS. Time tested by: COMMITTED COUPLES who've decided to hang in and "work it out. COUPLES who want to transform struggle into teamwork. DIVORCED PEOPLE who want to do it better this time. LGBTQ PEOPLE who seek a model for being a couple. YOUNG PEOPLE whose parents showed them how not to be a couple. SINGLE PEOPLE seeking loving intimacy as equals
Author Biography
Riley K. Smith and Tina B. Tessina, licensed Marriage and Family Counselors, are psychotherapists in private practice in Southern California. They are close friends and have worked together and separately, teaching, leading therapy groups and training therapist-interns since 1975. How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free was a successful course for two years before it became a book. Out of their therapy practice, couples classes and workshops, their group living experience, their own no-holds-barred friendship, and their own separate couple relationships, the authors have developed the view about relationships which led to the insights and techniques described in this book. Tina B. Tessina, Ph.D. is a licensed psychotherapist in S. California since 1978 with over 35 years' experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 14 books in 17 languages, including: It Ends With You Money, Sex and Kids The Ten Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make After Forty Love Styles and The Real 13th Step She writes the "Dr. Romance(TM)" blog, and the "Happiness Tips from Tina" email newsletter. Online, she's known as "Dr. Romance(TM)" appears frequently on radio, TV, video and podcasts http: //www.tinatessina.com Dr. Romance(TM) Blog: http: //drromance.typepad.com Twitter.com/tinatessina Facebook.com/TinaTessina Facebook.com/TheReal13thStep Riley K. Smith, M.A., http: //www.rileyksmithmft.com/ is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been helping couples and individuals create satisfying relationships since 1974. He supervises and trains therapists in addition to his psychotherapy practice. He is co-author of: How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free True Partners and Equal Partners