How Could You Do This to Me?
Learning to Trust After Betrayal
1st Edition
Published on 22. June 2011
224 pages
978-0-307-79831-2 (ISBN)
Description
At one time or another we have all been betrayed by someone we trusted, all felt the sting of deceit and subsequent shattering of self-confidence. And when the people we count on betray our trust, the wound is deep and long-lasting.
In How Could You Do This to Me?, Dr. Jane Greer teaches readers:the types of people who are more at risk of betrayal the warning signs of someone who is untrustworthy a process that helps decide whether a relationship is worth saving or whether it should be abandoned.Part One discusses the roots of trust, blind trust, and the reasons betrayers betray. Part Two reveals our betrayers' many faces: admirers, users, or rivals. Part Three focuses on the fallout from betrayal: confrontation, revenge, and betrayal, and talks about how you can learn to trust your judgment and others again.
In How Could You Do This to Me?, Dr. Jane Greer teaches readers:the types of people who are more at risk of betrayal the warning signs of someone who is untrustworthy a process that helps decide whether a relationship is worth saving or whether it should be abandoned.Part One discusses the roots of trust, blind trust, and the reasons betrayers betray. Part Two reveals our betrayers' many faces: admirers, users, or rivals. Part Three focuses on the fallout from betrayal: confrontation, revenge, and betrayal, and talks about how you can learn to trust your judgment and others again.
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Person
Dr. Jane Greer is a nationally renowned marriage and family therapist, in private practice for over 20 years. She hosts a radio talk show, Doctor On Call, dispersing advice on love, life, and family relationships. She has appeared on Oprah, 20/20, Dateline, The View, as well as in USA Today, the New York Times, the New York Post, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour. She lectures across the country on marital, sexual, and family problems, as well as on women's and sibling issues.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- Section I - Whom Do You Trust?
- Chapter 1 - The Trust Factor: Four Basic Truths
- Chapter 2 - Blind Trust: The Five Sandtraps of Trust
- Chapter 3 - "I Did It Because": Why Betrayers Betray
- Section II - The Many Faces of Betrayal
- Chapter 4 - Rivals: "I'm the Best"
- Chapter 5 - Admirers: "You're the Best"
- Chapter 6 - Users: "Winner Takes All"
- Section III - The Fallout from Betrayal
- Chapter 7 - Revenge: "I'll Make You Pay"
- Chapter 8 - To Confront or Not to Confront? What to Say, What to Do in a Trust Crisis
- Chapter 9 - Are You Really Sorry? The Healing Power of an Apology
- Chapter 10 - Now You Know: Trusting Yourself
- Lessons to Live By
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
