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This book shows how people form close bonds and keep them strong. It looks at couples, families, friends, and ties at work. John Gottman and Joan DeClaire offer a hands-on guide. It has five steps to help readers build better ties. These may be with a partner, children, brothers, or sisters. They may also be with friends or people at work.

Gottman draws on twenty years of study into close bonds. He sees shared feelings as the key to healthy ties. He shows how people ask to feel close to others. The book gives readers tools to ask for this closeness. It also shows how to respond when others seek it.

This edition brings back a translation of The Relationship Cure. Stefania Miclea took the text from English into its new language. It first came out with the title Terapia relatiilor. It forms part of the Psihologie si viata series.