George Soros Sends Author Richard Pfeiffer to Help in Belgrade, Serbia
(PRWEB) March 17, 2000
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(New York, 3/16/00)
The 1999 bombings and economic sanctions have left the people of Serbia isolated, traumatized, and feeling powerless. Philanthropist George Soros and his Fund for an Open Society of Yugoslavia recently sent relationship expert Richard Pfeiffer to address the highly regarded Serbian Psychological Association on the issues of 'Assertiveness.' Pfeiffer presented practical skills and ideas from his new book Creating Real Relationships Overcoming the Power of Difference and Shame. Can two people develop a relationship that will support, encourage, and nurture their real self? Can a real relationship heal the wounds and emotional deficits received in early life?
Pfeiffer says, "The search for meaning is the journey of expressing one's real self." He describes how two individuals can seek to develop a relationship in which both find support for the expression of their real self. People who make a real relationship work have certain skills. They know and practice core interpersonal skills, which allows them to form a relationship that can endure, deepen, and grow. The Serbian psychologists have initiated several programs in their local schools as a result of the presentation.
Creating Real Relationships is an inspiring guide that offers encouragement for those seeking more meaning and healthy closeness in their relationship. A real relationship provides its partners with the opportunity for personal growth, development of the real self, and emotional and spiritual healing. The author weaves professional knowledge with personal experience to show the reader how to overcome the power of difference and shame, which may threaten the level of relationship satisfaction. This essential book offers clear explanations, practical skills, insightful background, and a guide for the healing journey possible in real relationships.
One of the unique features of this work is its focus on the dynamics of difference and shame underlying what goes wrong-or what can go very right-with relationships. The dynamics of difference and shame have the power to set up the development of a false self. The false self defensively refuses to assert the real self. Overcoming the power of these dynamics is the source of transforming unhealthy wounded relationships and individuals into healthy ones.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Pfeiffer is Director of Growth Central, NYC, an innovator in Issue Focused Psychotherapy Programs, a Pastoral Psychotherapist, a nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He is the author of the Real Solution Anger Control Workbook, the Real Solution Assertiveness Workbook, the Real Solution Anxiety/Panic Workbook, and the Real Solution Binge/Compulsive Eating Workbook.
CREATING REAL RELATIONSHIPS Overcoming the Power of Difference and Shame
Author: Richard Pfeiffer, March 2000, Hardcover, 212 pages, $34.95
ISBN 1-893505-138
Available directly from Growth Publishing (online http://growthgroups. com (http://growthgroups. com)) as well as local bookstores.
Contact: Richard Pfeiffer Tel: (212) 749-3684
Fax: (212) 749-7872
Email: growth@growthgroups. com
Website: http://growthgroups. com (http://growthgroups. com)
