Life Preservers; Staying Afloat in Love and Life

New York, N.Y.: HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc, 1996. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Trade Paperback. Very good. xxiii, [1], 335, [7] pages. Signed by the author sticker on front. Signed on the half-title page. Includes To My Readers; Mr. Right and Mr. Wrong; Mending the Mind, Body, and Spirit; Friendship Maters; Women at Work; No Place Like Home; Then Comes Marriage; Parents in Recovery; and The World We Love In. Harriet Lerner (born November 30, 1944), is a clinical psychologist best known for her contributions to psychoanalytic concepts regarding family and feminist theory and therapy, and for her many psychology books written for the general public. From 1972 to 2001, she was a staff psychologist at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, and a faculty member and supervisor at the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry. During this time she published extensively on the psychology of women and family relationships, revising traditional psychoanalytic concepts to reflect feminist and family systems perspectives. Lerner is best known for her general-audience books which provide a framework for understanding and improving family and work relationships. Each month in her New Woman magazine advice column, Dr. Harriet Lerner helps more than four million women find answers to their most important and sensitive questions. In this book, Lerner puts all of her best advice into one volume, offering readers a constant friend and resource. No mater what your problem, Life Preservers will help you cut through confusion, trust your instincts, and develop a plan of action. Dr. Lerner is an internationally renowned expert on the psychology of women, and is a distinguished lecturer, consultant, and workshop leader. With wit, wisdom and uncommon sense, Dr. Harriet Lerner gives readers the tools to solve problems and create joy, meaning and integrity in their relationships. Women will find Life Preservers (more than 40,000 copies sold in hardcover) to be an invaluable motivational guide that covers the landscape of work and creativity, anger and intimacy, friendship and marriage, children and parents, loss and betrayal, sexuality and health and much more.