Demystifying Relationship Therapy

Dr Neil Wilkie is a relationship therapist, founder of Duo Coaching and creator of the Relationship Paradigm. Awarded his doctorate in the Phenomenology of Relationships, he is a Visiting Fellow at Middlesex University. His previous work includes Reinventing Relationship Therapy through the Duo Coaching Framework (Routledge).

• About the AuthorAcknowledgementsChapters1. Introduction2. Rebecca and James - The Price of Silence: A Modern Love Story3. Relationships4. Stuart and Clare - When Love gets lost in Translation5. My Own Journey - A Path to Love and Understanding6. Thomas and Eleanor - Empty Orbits: Finding Each Other After Years Apart7. From Experience to Expertise - My Journey as a Relationship Therapist8. John and Sarah – Parallel Lives9. Breaking the Mould - Why Duo Coaching Works10. Sam and Suzy- Fractured Foundations: First Steps to Healing11. The Birth of The Relationship Paradigm12. Communication13. Barry and Edith - Half a Century of Silence: The Weight of Betrayal14. Connection15. Jon and Sophia - Blindsided by Fate: Learning to See Differently16. Commitment17. Richard and Kaye - The Beautiful Dormouse: When Love Is a Cage18. Fun19. Be More Penguin - Relationship Wisdom from the Ice20. The View from the Second Chair: What You Don't See21. The Agony and the Ecstasy22. Rebecca and James - The Power of Second Chances23. Growth24. Stuart and Clare - Finding Grace in Goodbye25. Trust26. Thomas and Eleanor - Shared Horizons: Charting a New Course Together27. Sex - The Unspoken Language of Intimacy28. John and Sarah – The Power of Turning Towards29. Sam and Suzy - Reforged Bonds: The Final Threshold30. The Power of Tears – Embracing Emotional Expression31. Barry and Edith - Breaking the Chains of Time: Healing After Decades32. Unconscious Mind – Where Transformation begins33. Jon and Sophia - Beyond Sight: Seeing with the Heart34. Richard and Kaye - Finding the Roar Within35. What Have I Learned?36. Hope for Humanity

This groundbreaking book offers a new way to look at the complexity of human relationships and provide a roadmap that offers clarity, potential and ultimately transformation for couples facing the challenges of modern living. Having wrestled with couples therapy over the years this work is quite simply a breath of fresh air. I have much pleasure in fully endorsing this endeavour.Dr Keith Jones, Psychotherapist and Organisational Development Consultant.This book challenges the conventional same old thinking and provides a powerful alternative that’s proven to make a sustainable difference in couples relationships. A must have resource for anyone working in this field.Nikki Owen, Author and TransformationalistThis collection of books has emerged from doctoral research by the author and rigorously peer reviewed by a doctoral examining panel who commended the thesis and the author’s thoughtful research and development of a new concept and practice in relationship coaching. It is an excellent addition to his current and popular publications Reset and Recover. Compared to other modalities in the arena of psychological interventions, from counselling to coaching, relationship therapy has been slow to evolve to meet the challenges of contemporary times. There are a number of highlights in Reinvent but three standouts are first, how generous this work is in its attention to inviting a range of practitioners in diverse modalities to expand their practices to collaborate in duo coaching. Second is the link between appropriate interventions which duo coaching offers and the collateral benefits of reparative relationships and their role in social cohesion, health and well being. Third, and very importantly is the practical hope Reinvent extends to coaches and clients with its respectful approach, its optimism and its humanity informed by the author’s way of being in the world.Professor Kate Maguire. Social anthropologist, Trauma psychotherapist]Head of Transdisciplinary Research ProgrammesMiddlesex University