Becoming Partners: Marriage And Its Alternatives
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
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What does it truly mean to build a lasting, meaningful partnership in a world where the traditional institution of marriage is being questioned, redefined, and reimagined? In Becoming Partners: Marriage and Its Alternatives, the renowned humanistic psychologist Carl R. Rogers chronicles the intimate, real-life stories of couples who have chosen vastly different relationship structures — from conventional marriage to communes, cohabitation, and interracial unions — presenting a compassionate and unflinching portrait of human connection in all its complexity. Drawing on candid interviews and his own therapeutic insights, Rogers argues that the foundation of any enduring relationship is not a legal contract, but rather a commitment to honest communication, mutual growth, and the courage to be truly known by another person. A landmark work in the psychology of human relationships, Becoming Partners reflects Rogers' signature person-centred philosophy, which places individual experience and authentic self-expression at the heart of all meaningful human interaction. Written with the warmth and clarity that defined his celebrated On Becoming a Person, this work extends his thinking into the most intimate arena of human life, illustrating that the health of a partnership mirrors the psychological health of the individuals within it. Decades after its first publication, Rogers' central question remains as urgent and unresolved as ever: can two people truly grow together without losing themselves in the process?
Author: Carl R. Rogers
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, Dell Publishing.
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it truly mean to build a lasting, meaningful partnership in a world where the traditional institution of marriage is being questioned, redefined, and reimagined? In Becoming Partners: Marriage and Its Alternatives, the renowned humanistic psychologist Carl R. Rogers chronicles the intimate, real-life stories of couples who have chosen vastly different relationship structures — from conventional marriage to communes, cohabitation, and interracial unions — presenting a compassionate and unflinching portrait of human connection in all its complexity. Drawing on candid interviews and his own therapeutic insights, Rogers argues that the foundation of any enduring relationship is not a legal contract, but rather a commitment to honest communication, mutual growth, and the courage to be truly known by another person. A landmark work in the psychology of human relationships, Becoming Partners reflects Rogers' signature person-centred philosophy, which places individual experience and authentic self-expression at the heart of all meaningful human interaction. Written with the warmth and clarity that defined his celebrated On Becoming a Person, this work extends his thinking into the most intimate arena of human life, illustrating that the health of a partnership mirrors the psychological health of the individuals within it. Decades after its first publication, Rogers' central question remains as urgent and unresolved as ever: can two people truly grow together without losing themselves in the process?