Delusional Relationships

This volume describes how culturally transmitted messages delude people about who they are and what they want in relationships. Expectations of mates, children, parents, friends, and business associates are based on stereotypes and misperceptions, and are therefore delusional. Our current educational system has failed to provide adequate information on relating, communications, and self awareness. As a result, disturbed or failed relationships continue to be a major source of pain and conflict. The results of gender based enculturation are graphically depicted. Both males and females will immediately acknowledge the process as similar to their own. The family system is discussed, clarifying the indelible imprint of early learning on subsequent relationships. Presented from inside the people experiencing delusionary relationships, this book gives the reader an opportunity to understand and identify with the process of attraction, relationship formation, disturbance, and restructuring. Depictions of therapy and treatment are included which furnish guidelines for restructuring delusional relationships with or without professional assistance.

.,."The author conveys a consistent sense of therapeutic optimism by demonstrating that reality in our relationships can be magical--in that by facing the truth we can reform our relationships to deeper and more fulfilling patterns. This is a useful and interesting book, that consists primarily of rich and detailed case illustrations. Those who focus on relationship issues in their clinical work should find it a useful resource and stimulus for creative thinking."-Psychotherapy In Private Practice, ?...The author conveys a consistent sense of therapeutic optimism by demonstrating that reality in our relationships can be magical--in that by facing the truth we can reform our relationships to deeper and more fulfilling patterns. This is a useful and interesting book, that consists primarily of rich and detailed case illustrations. Those who focus on relationship issues in their clinical work should find it a useful resource and stimulus for creative thinking.?-Psychotherapy In Private Practice, ?Doyle explains that delusional relationships occur because of ineffective education about the forces that determine one's choices and behavior. Suitable for all levels of readers.?-Choice, "Doyle explains that delusional relationships occur because of ineffective education about the forces that determine one's choices and behavior. Suitable for all levels of readers."-Choice, ..."The author conveys a consistent sense of therapeutic optimism by demonstrating that reality in our relationships can be magical--in that by facing the truth we can reform our relationships to deeper and more fulfilling patterns. This is a useful and interesting book, that consists primarily of rich and detailed case illustrations. Those who focus on relationship issues in their clinical work should find it a useful resource and stimulus for creative thinking."-Psychotherapy In Private Practice

AVERIL MARIE DOYLE is the Director of Clinical Research and Training at Doyle, Dorlac and Associates, Inc. She is a psychotherapist with over 20 years experience as a relationship specialist. A clinical supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, Doyle has contributed to professional journals. She is the author of The Sexually Disturbed: Treating Psychosexual Disorders (Praeger, 1992), and coauthor of A Guide to Sexual Counseling: A Workbook Approach (1977).