Friending: Creating Meaningful, Lasting Adult Friendships

Friendships are like any other relationships–when they work, they make our lives better. When they aren’t working, or are hard to find, they make our lives more difficult.Gina Handley Schmitt saw her therapy clients struggling to make and keep close friends, and wrote this book to help solve what is becoming a full-blown friendship crisis in the age of social media. In this book, you’ll learn: How to identify and reach out to potential new friendsHow to maintain long term friendships through busy times and life transitionsWhen and how to state your needs and set boundaries with your friendsSkills for strengthening your friendships by resolving conflictsThe difficult art of ending a friendshipYou’ll do all this using the five core skills of being available, authentic, affirming, assertive, and accepting. Life is so much sweeter with good friends by your side

Author: Schmitt Ma Lmhc Gina Handley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
Published: 11/12/2019
Series: Good Life
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781621067504
Language: English