★Rights sold to Russia
★Breaking out of the Wrong Relationship Patterns and Finally Finding the Right Ones
★First book on relationships which decodes the three basic relationship traps
★Relaxed tone, appealing introduction to the schematic therapeutic approach
★With tests to determine what type you are

Strengthening your relationship skills

Say goodbye to catastrophic relationships: knowing what makes you tick and what makes others tick gives you a much greater chances of achieving a successful relationship. Time after time we end up in the same destructive patterns that lead to dates from hell or disappointments after the first few weeks when everything seems rosy. Based on three protagonists, Gitta Jacob and Alexandra Widmer explain the three basic types of relationship and raise your awareness about difficult two-person constellations and deadly prey patterns. They help you discover your own strengths and point out which type of relationship suits you best.

There are lots of exercises to help you understand what has shaped you, the roots of which often reach right back to early childhood. In the end, if you can categorise your own behaviour and that of your opposite number, you have a better chance of achieving a stable and happy partnership.

Gitta Jacob is one of the most influential German psychologists. Her books have been translated into more than ten languages and have helped establish schema therapy worldwide. Her successful self-help guides ‘Breaking the Schematic Mould’ (2011, with Hannie van Genderen and Laura Seebauer) and ‘Goodbye to Your Humble Servant’ (2015, with Laura Seebauer) have been published by Beltz. Dr. Gitta Jacob is an Associate Professor, a psychological psychotherapist and supervisor for behavioural therapy and schema therapy, out-patient research, clinical psychology and psychotherapy. She works at GAIA AG Hamburg.

Alexandra Widmer is a specialist in neurology and medical psychotherapy. As an author, she received the 2017 Emotion Award as ‘Woman of the Year’ for social values. She is responsible for innovative care concepts at GAIA, such as the Veovita project. Alexandra Widmer lives in Hamburg.