Love and Sex in a New Relationship

Love and Sex in a New Relationship explores leaving a long relationship and starting a new one, with all the complexities that entails.

Cate Campbell is a relationship and psychosexual therapist, lecturer with the Foundation for Counselling & Relationship Studies and a clinical manager with Relate.

CONTENTS Introduction x PART ONE: A New Start Making decisions xYou and your ex xxYour single self xx PART TWO: Looking Forward -- Looking Back How we do relationships xxWhy couples argue xxThe unconscious contract xxUnfinished business xx PART THREE: Managing New RelationshipsUncertainty xxBreaking and avoiding negative cycles xxxRelationship trauma xxxSex xxxThe relationship lifecycle xxxHappy ever after Index xxx xxx EXERCISES Plan your life xx Using your younger self xx Topics for discussion xx Vulnerability xx Qualities xx Drivers xx Activity scoring xxx Talking point xxx What kind of life do I want? xxx I am the kind of person xxx QUIZZES Buried concerns xx How you argue xx How in touch with the past are you? xx Are you a hoper or a healer xxx