Description
In Irrelationship and Relationship Sanity, Mark Borg, Grant Brenner, and Daniel Berry posit that a hard lesson for many is learning to turn to others for the support and affection necessary for survival. Instead, we cut ourselves off from the ones we purportedly love the most and enter a state of irrelationship, a defensive mechanism to avoid true intimacy. This may temporarily alleviate our anxiety, but eventually leaves us living tepid and numbingly predictable lives. Over time, these carefully managed lives begin to wear thin, and we may experience break-through panic and damaging conflict.
Making Your Crazy Work For You introduces a new concept: self-irrelationship, in which we inhibit ourselves from realizing our potential by shutting down our emotions and creativity. When we are cut off from ourselves-our feelings and desires-this state leads to a crazy-making, self-imposed isolation. We are making our crazy work against us, leaving us without an authentic sense of our own needs and without a capacity for true self-compassion and self-love.
Each chapter features new case studies, exercises, and tools for addressing what effects self-irrelationship has on an individual who hasn't been successful in forging or keeping a relationship but wants to be in a healthy one. This book answers questions the authors often receive on their popular blog, such as:
About the Author
Mark B. Borg, Jr., PhD, is a community psychologist and psychoanalyst, founding partner of The Community Consulting Group, and a supervisor of psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute. He's also the author of Don't Be A Dick: Change Yourself, Change Your World.
Grant H. Brenner, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice. He is a faculty member of the Mount Sinai Hospital and Director of the Trauma Service of the William Alanson White Institute.
Daniel Berry, RN, MHA, has practiced as a registered nurse in New York City since 1987. He is currently the Assistant Director of Nursing for Risk Management at a public hospital.
Book Information
ISBN 9781949481532
Author Mark B. Borg
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Central Recovery Press
Publisher Central Recovery Press
Weight(grams) 308g
Making Your Crazy Work For You introduces a new concept: self-irrelationship, in which we inhibit ourselves from realizing our potential by shutting down our emotions and creativity. When we are cut off from ourselves-our feelings and desires-this state leads to a crazy-making, self-imposed isolation. We are making our crazy work against us, leaving us without an authentic sense of our own needs and without a capacity for true self-compassion and self-love.
Each chapter features new case studies, exercises, and tools for addressing what effects self-irrelationship has on an individual who hasn't been successful in forging or keeping a relationship but wants to be in a healthy one. This book answers questions the authors often receive on their popular blog, such as:
- How can I better understand irrelationship if I am single?
- How can I use what I've learned so I don't repeat the irrelationship cycle in the future?
- What if I'm the only one in my relationship who sees irrelationship as a problem?
About the Author
Mark B. Borg, Jr., PhD, is a community psychologist and psychoanalyst, founding partner of The Community Consulting Group, and a supervisor of psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute. He's also the author of Don't Be A Dick: Change Yourself, Change Your World.
Grant H. Brenner, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice. He is a faculty member of the Mount Sinai Hospital and Director of the Trauma Service of the William Alanson White Institute.
Daniel Berry, RN, MHA, has practiced as a registered nurse in New York City since 1987. He is currently the Assistant Director of Nursing for Risk Management at a public hospital.
Book Information
ISBN 9781949481532
Author Mark B. Borg
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Central Recovery Press
Publisher Central Recovery Press
Weight(grams) 308g
