Beyond the Power Struggle [Paperback]

Susan M. Campbell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Impact Pub (July 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915166461
• ISBN-13: 978-0915166466
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #908,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Psychologist Susan Campbell has worked as a corporate trainer and relationship coach for over 40 years. A former professor at the University of Massachusetts, she is author of nine books on the topic of relationships and human communication. Her most recent work centers on how to use honest, present-centered communication as vehicle for personal healing and expanded self-awareness. This body of work has put her at the forefront of the Honesty Movement in Psychology and is described in her best-selling, Getting Real and her more recent books, Truth in Dating, and Saying What's Real. Her work has been featured in many popular magazines including New Woman, Psychology Today, Self, Harvard Business Review, Seventeen, Men's Health, New Age, Fast Company, and Yoga Journal. To view her recent work on video, go to You Tube and search for drsusan95472. For more information, visit her website www.susancampbell.com

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book has a lot to offer if you are ready to hear it., July 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond the Power Struggle (Paperback)

Reading this book helped me understand things about myself and the way I relate with others that were just huge damn mysteries to me before.

Especially interesting were the sections on accepting differences, why opposites attract(and later repel), the dualities of character. Fascinating stuff. I am on my third reading and still finding revelations on every page. And it's not because I am dense or a careless reader--well, maybe a little dense at times,when I am resistant to learning but there is a lot to take in here. Susan Campbell's simple, direct language allows the content to remain in sharp focus.

The only part I found weak was the co-worker/group stuff--I'm not real fond of those feel-good group exercises--but it takes up only a fraction of the book and is easy enough to ignore if you choose to. Nonetheless, it is an amazing read and worth keeping in your personal library. She has also written a book called "The Couple's Journey" which is supposedly a more targeted and intense exploration of the same ideas about human nature and close relationships.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For all types of relationships: love, work, or family., December 17, 1999

By 

Carlos E. Alvarez (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond the Power Struggle (Paperback)

The author is extraordinarily gifted in presenting material from the various branches of psychology and psychotherapy in simple layman's terms that make it useful for relationships in everyday life. Has the potential to prevent many conflicts and the power to help resolve existing ones, provided the reader looks into the mirror the book holds up to him/her -in a non-judgemental, non-critical manner - from time to time. Have personally benefited from it countless times and have offered it to others in need. A must-have book for every household.