Make Love Work

A Practical Guide to Relationship Success

Nic Beets

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Allen & Unwin
02 May 2023

Health & Self-Help; Dating, relationships, living together & marriage

'Insightful, practical and inspiring . . . required reading for anyone in or venturing into a relationship.'-Jennifer Ward-Lealand, actor and intimacy coordinator

We all want to make the most of our relationship. We hope it will be the centre of joy and satisfaction in our life. Yet so often we end up hurt, frustrated or resentful.

If you've wondered why your relationship has stalled orwhy you find intimate partnerships so hard; why youbehave the way you do or why you can't make sense ofwhat your partner does, Make Love Work explains it all.

It gives you the tools you need to be successful in love -from preventing your insecurities and neurobiologyfrom wrecking your relationship to being a team playerand handling conflict well.

There are practical strategies for handling common areasof stress: fairness, sex and intimacy, parenting, money andsetting boundaries. Plus, excellent advice on the reallytough issues: infidelity, abuse, major stresses, loss and grief.

Make Love Work is your essential bible for makingyour relationship the best it can be.

By: Nic Beets
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781988547923
ISBN 10: 198854792X
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 02 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nic Beets is a clinical psychologist and family therapist who has specialised in relationship and sex therapy throughout his three decades of practice. He has been with the same partner since he was 17, fellow psychologist Verity Thom. They have two children who have taught them much about love and priorities. Another joint project is a fortnightly column for The New Zealand Herald called 'Intimacy, Actually', which answers readers' questions on love, sex and relationships. As well as seeing clients, Nic provides training and supervision in relationship therapy and the Developmental Model in particular. In addition, he is the coordinator and host of the Sex Therapy Interest Group, an Australasian peer-support network for sex therapists that has been running for more than 20 years. A keen waterman, Nic loves anything related to the sea. His current passions are SUP surfing and long-distance waka ama (outrigger canoe) racing.

Reviews for Make Love Work: A Practical Guide to Relationship Success

This practical guide to relationship success is written by a clinical psychologist and family therapist who has more than three decades of experience in relationship work. Practical strategies help you cope with intimacy, money, parenting, miscommunication, setting boundaries... positive and insightful. - The Women's Bookshop, Ponsonby News