The dance of intimacy : a woman's guide to courageous acts of change in key relationships /
Harriet Goldhor Lerner.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Harper & Row, c1989.
- xiii, 255 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244) and index.
The pursuit of intimacy : is it woman's work? -- The challenge of change -- Selfhood : at what cost? -- Anxiety revisited : naming the problem -- Dealing with differences -- Understanding overfunctioning -- Tackling triangles -- Our mother/her mother/our self -- Reviewing self-focus : the foundations of intimacy.
Points out and discusses problems of intimacy in family and partner relationships with suggestions of steps that can be taken to build solid and respectful relationships.