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290 pages
Fisher's "divorce process rebuilding blocks" offer a proven, supportive nineteen-step process for putting one's life back together after divorce. Built on more than two decades of research and practice, Rebuilding reflects feedback from, and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women who have read and used Rebuilding - many of them on their own, others in one of thousands of groups the book has spawned in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and elsewhere. Clearly the most widely used approach to divorce recovery, Fisher's rebuilding model has made the divorce process less traumatic, even healthier, for his readers. His Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale is recognized worldwide as a measure of adjustment to the end of a love relationship. Bruce's thorough understanding of the different stages of the divorce process is remarkable - his readers often comment, "He seems to know exactly what I'm feeling!"
The new third edition, revised and updated with the assistance of psychologist and marriage and family therapist Dr. Robert Alberti, continues Bruce's tradition of straight-to-the-heart
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1. The Rebuilding Blocks
2. Denial - "I Can't Believe This Is Happening To Me"
3. Fear - "I Have Lots of It"
4. Adaptation - "But It Worked When I Was A Kid"
5. Loneliness - "I've Never Felt So Along"
6. Friendship - "Where Has Everybody Gone?"
7. Guilt/Rejection - "Dumpers 1, Dumpees 0"
8. Grief - "There's This Terrible Feeling of Loss"
9. Anger - "Damn the S.O.B."
10. Letting Go - Desentangling is Hard to Do
11. Self Worth - "Maybe I'm Not So Bad After All"
12. Transition - "I'm Wakening Up and Putting Away My Leftovers"
13. Openness - "I've Been Hiding Behind a Mask"
14. Love - "Could Somebody Really Care for Me?"
15. Trust - "My Love-Wound is Beginning to Heal"
16. Relatedness - "Growing Relationships Help Me Rebuild"
17. Sexuality - "I'm Interested but I'm Scared"
18. Singleness - "You Mean It's Okay?"
19. Purpose - "I Have Goals for the Future Now"
20. Freedom - From Chrysalis to Butterfly
Appendix A
- Kids Are Tougher Than You Think
- A Workshop for Children of Divorce
Appendix B
- The Healing Separation
- An Alternative to Divorce
Appendix C
- Contract for a Healing Separation
Bibliography
Index
About the authors:
 Bruce Fisher, Ed.D. (1931-1998) developed the "rebuilding" model of divorce recovery nearly 25 years ago. Founder and director of the Family Relations Learning Center (Boulder, Colorado), he personally trained thousands of individuals and therapists in this approach, enriching the lives of hundreds of thousands worldwide. He was a highly popular divorce therapist, author, and teacher, and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. His "Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale" is an internationally recognized measure of adjustment to the ending of a love relationship. Bruce earned his doctorate degree from the University of Northern Colorado in human development. His dissertation research focused on the development of the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale. Bruce's widow, Nina Hart, is mother of their son, Robert Hart Fisher, and co-author with Bruce of the popular relationships book, Loving Choices. Nina continues the teaching, training, consulting, and therapy work she and Bruce did together for more than fifteen years.
Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D. is a psychologist, marriage & family therapist, Fellow (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, publisher, and author/co-author of several books. His work has received international recognition as the "gold standard" for psychological self-help.
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