The Couple's Journey: Intimacy As a Path to Wholeness [Paperback]

Susan M. Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1980

Each relationship travels a five-stage path of growth toward satisfying intimacy: romance, power struggle, stability, commitment, co-creation. This insightful volume explains each stage and how to cope with it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Impact Pub (May 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915166453
• ISBN-13: 978-0915166459
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.5 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: #957,300 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

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars helps keep perspective, January 30, 2010

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This review is from: The Couple's Journey: Intimacy As a Path to Wholeness (Paperback)

This book helps couple's make sense of why they aren't "getting enough" out of their relationship. Understanding that there are different stages and that the difficult times are a natural progression to a successful, long-term relationship allows people to hang in rather than jump ship. This book explains the journey and might keep some from just starting all over again and again and again--always ending up only half way to where they wanted to arrive.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A handbook for higher consciousness with your partner, April 25, 2011

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This review is from: The Couple's Journey: Intimacy as a path to Wholeness (Paperback)

I discovered this book in the early 80's. It was a godsend in deciphering the rocky road to true intimacy. Twenty years later, it continues to illuminate for me the journey that is possible to couples who can navigate the stages and avoid the pitfalls along the way: 1. Romance 2. Power Struggle 3. Stability 4. Commitment 5. Co-Creation.

This practical guide and handbook provides concrete examples, guidelines, exercises, and questions for those dedicated to moving ever deeper with your partner.