The Relationship Trap,Used

Product Description Marilyn Frazer uses true stories to illustrate relationships that did not work out and how each of these women found their selfesteem, strength and independence again. They emerged from the relationship much wiser and their eyes are now wide open. They will not make the same mistake again. This book shows how you can benefit by learning the warning signs. As you read their stories, see how they ignored the signs. Did you ever ignore them? Did you ever have a relationship that didn't work? What happens when you ignore the warning signs? Can you create a happier, more fulfilling relationship, one that you deserve? Is your relationship comfortable or frustrating? Throughout this book, Marilyn Frazer offers colorful, often shocking true stories. Her inspiring stories take us into the lives of women who had to deal with alcoholism, emotional abuse, issues of power and control and much more. These pages are full of wisdom and candor. This might be the most important book you will read this year. Have the relationship you always wanted. Learn to recognize the warning signs. They ignored them and paid a heavy price. Whether you're married, single, young or old, looking for love or in a relationship, these women share their insights and advice on how to have a better relationship. This book is a compilation of fourteen inspirational stories of women who ignored the warning signs that the men they were dating were not for them, what these women learned from this experience, their advice to other women and where they are now. Domestic violence, power and control, single woman/married man, biracial marriage, are just some of the themes of these stories. These women give readers hope that they can extricate themselves from bad relationships and find healthy ones. Each woman shares what she learned from this experience and offers advice to others, hoping to help someone make a wiser choice than she made. Review I found your material intensely readable and fascinating. I particularly liked hearing the women's voices as they told their tales of divorce, infidelity, and male control. Their advice to other women is right on...! Jewell Parker Rhodes, Endowed Chair & Artistic Director,Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing,College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University About the Author Marilyn Frazer, M.A., Master of Arts in Professional Counseling, Advanced Specialty in Marriage and Family Counseling Ottawa University, Phoenix, Arizona. I wrote the Relationship Trap as a result of research I did in graduate school. It began as a collection of case studies and grew into a book over several years. I selected these women at random, asking them if they had a relationship that didn't work out well. Often I heard, Oh, do I have a story for you! Over two hundred women came and went during the four years I facilitated the group. As the women shared their stories, I found that many of them were poorly represented by their attorneys. Most of the women were living in houses they could not afford to keep, few had seen the warning signs that this would not be a good relationship, and a number of them had made the same mistake for the second time. Almost all of them were involved in bitter divorces with dim hopes of a happy future, and were looking for a job and a Realtor with a For Sale sign. Some were in lala land, thinking their husbands would come to their senses and return home. The husbands never did. By sharing their experience, these women were able to exorcise the guilt, shame, anger and painful memories associated with the baggage from the relationship. Often, weeks or months later, they told me they were able to see certain patterns of their own behavior of which they were previously unaware. For the first time, each of them was finally able to look objectively at the relationship. As an added benefit, they related how much better they were feeling about themselves, how much h