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Stop working on yourself as an individual and start working on your relationship as a couple, with the help of the renowned family therapist and bestselling author of The New Rules of Marriage
“This book is a road map for all of us who seek true intimacy.”—GWYNETH PALTROW, founder and CEO of goop
Not much is harder than figuring out how to love your partner in all their messy humanness—and there’s also not much that’s more important.
At a time when toxic individualism is rending our society at every level, bestselling author and renowned marriage counselor Terrence Real sees how it poisons intimate relationships in his therapy practice, where he works with couples on the brink of disaster. The good news: Warmer, closer, more passionate relationships are possible if you have the right tools.
In his transformative new book Us, Real brilliantly observes how our winner-takes-all culture infiltrates families with devastating results: repetitive fights that go nowhere, or a distant relationship in which partners end up living “alone together.” With deft insight, humor, and charm, Real guides you to transform your relationship into one that’s based on compassion, collaboration, and closeness.
Us is a groundbreaking guide to a new science-backed skillset—one that will allow you to get past your knee-jerk reactions and tap into your wiser, more collaborative self. With a novelist’s flair, Real shares the stories of couples whose relationships have been saved by these skills and pans out to the culture that reinforces our dysfunction. If you and your partner are backed into separate corners of “you” and “me,” this book will show the way back to “us.” With Us, your true relationship can begin.
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"Love has the power to hurt but it also has the power to heal, and Terry Real shows us how in this revolutionary guide to happy, thriving couplehood. Chock-full of wisdom, research, and innovative teachings, Us is the book every human should read in order to truly understand not just their partners, but themselves."
— Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
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A beautiful and important book, particularly for the moment we are in.
— Bruce Springsteen, from the foreword -
It’s cliche to say Dr. Terry Real’s new book, Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship, changed the way I view every relationship in my life. But it’s true.
— Katie Couric Media -
[An] enveloping and insightful book . . . Real is a natural storyteller, pointed, jovial, and funny. If you’re struggling in your relationship and are open to hard truths, delivered with compassion and zero wasted time, Real is the ticket.
— Esquire (Best Wellness Books) -
When I need advice, I call Terry Real. His decades of clinical experience, research, and wisdom are invaluable to my patients, colleagues, and friends. Us brings his advice to life. It is the book that we all need to read to create more thriving and intimate connections.
— Esther Perel, New York Times bestselling author and podcast host of Where Should We Begin -
Terry Real is a wise, honest, and charming guide. This book is a road map for all of us who seek true intimacy. Real’s approach teaches us how to step outside of the culture of individualism and embrace our interconnectedness. We can use it to heal a single relationship and to shift our collective culture.
— Gwyneth Paltrow, founder and CEO of goop -
Terry Real’s work is nothing short of miraculous. In Us, he delves into the dynamics of modern relationships with precision and wisdom, offering practical tools to create true closeness with others. His work has quite simply changed my life. Read this book. It could well changes yours.
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This is a stunning book. With page-turning flair and brilliant insights, Terry Real exposes the hyper-individualism that ruins relationships—and shows us many effective ways to move from ‘me’ to ‘we.’ A masterpiece from a master psychotherapist.
— Rick Hanson, Ph.D, New York Times bestselling author of Resilient -
This is a wonderful, wise, and witty book, consistent with cutting edge science and filled with soul and practical advice that can inspire us to discover who we can become together.
— Daniel J. Siegel, MD, New York Times bestselling author, Brainstorm and IntraConnected -
Share this book with your partner and then talk about what it brings up. It may be one of the most painful but also important conversations of your life.
— Richard Schwartz, PhD, developer of the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy -
Original and stirring . . . [Real’s] approachable take on healing relationships will enlighten.
— Publishers Weekly
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Mark Natzke, 8/28/2022
About Terrence Real
Terrence Real is the bestselling author of I Dont Want to Talk about It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression and How Can I Get through to You?: Reconnecting Men and Women. He has been a practicing family therapist for more than twenty years, lecturing and giving workshops across the country. In March, 2002, he founded the Relational Empowerment Institute. His work has been featured on NBC Nightly News, Today, Good Morning America, and Oprah, as well as in the New York Times, Psychology Today, Esquire, and numerous academic publications. He lives with his wife and two sons in Newton, Massachusetts.
About Terrence Real
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the New Jersey Hall of Fame. He is the recipient of twenty Grammy Awards, the Academy Award, and the Kennedy Center Honors.