Esther Oshiver Fisher, J.D., Journal of Divorce
"...a handbook for the divorcing and divorced that is authentic and which they can employ in the rebuilding of their own lives."


Marilyn Anita Dalrymple, Affaire de Coeur
"I found the book comforting, helpful and realistic -- it is going to hurt, and it will not be easy, but you can do it."


Jeanette Wright, Borger News-Herald, Borger, Texas
"If you're putting your life back together after a divorce, you need this book! It could be just what you're looking for to help you get your life back on track. I found it to be very interesting and informative."


the Behavior Therapist
"One of the best books written for the divorcing person... warm, engaging."


Florence Kaslow, Ph.D., Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
"...deals with the everyday feelings and problems of the divorcing and divorced... hits just the right balance between seriousness and optimism."


Book Description
This revised, updated third edition of the international bestseller is built on more than two decades of research and practice, incorporating feedback and life experiences of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women who have read and used REBUILDING. This book has spawned thousands of divorce recovery groups in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Finland and elsewhere. Fisher's thorough understanding and presentation of the nineteen-stage divorce recovery process is remarkable. 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. They often comment, "He seems to know exactly what I'm feeling!" This new 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 response to the needs of those who are divorcing or divorced.


From the Publisher
Books in the Rebuilding Books series "for divorce and beyond" are written for those going through divorce or rebuilding their lives after divorce. Inspired by the work of renowned divorce therapist, Dr. Bruce Fisher, the Rebuilding Books offer expert information and practical self-help procedures. These straightforward, life-affirming resources can help make the divorce process easier, healthier, and less painful, leading to more-fulfilled lives and stronger "second-time" relationships.


From the Author
"Learn all you can, heal all you can, and stop holding the precious butterfly in your hands so tightly that it can't fly and be free." --Bruce Fisher "Getting over your divorce will take you a while -- probably a year or more. I know that's not what you want to hear, especially in the age of 'one-minute' and 'chicken soup' cures. But in the real world you won't go from married person to divorced person to fulfilled independent person in a few weeks, or even a few months. It takes only a few hours to read REBUILDING, but this book can help you cut months off the time it takes to put your life back together." --Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D.


From the Back Cover
"How does he know exactly what I'm feeling?" That's what most readers say about REBUILDING. If you're hurting after a divorce, you need this supportive step-by-step program for putting your life back together. The newly revised and updated third edition offers just the right balance of shoulder-to-cry-on and kick-in-the-pants to help you get through the confusing and often-painful process. 750,000 in print.


About the Author
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. Popular divorce therapist, author, teacher, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Robert E. Alberti, Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, Fellow (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association, clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and author/coauthor of several books, including million-copy bestseller YOUR PERFECT RIGHT. His work has received international recognition as the "gold standard" for psychological self help.


EXCERPT
So go ahead, acknowledge that you're hurt. It's natural, expected, healthy, even okay to hurt. Pain is nature's way of telling us that something in us needs to be healed, so let's get on with the healing. Can we help? We think so. We can share with you some of the learning that takes place in the divorce process seminars Bruce conducted for over 25 years. The growth that takes place in people during a ten-week seminar is remarkable. Maybe by sharing with you some of these ideas and some of the feedback we've had from the hundreds of thousands of readers of the first edition of this book, we can help you learn how to get through the hurt also. There is an adjustment process after a divorce -- with a beginning, an end, and specific steps of learning along the way. While you're feeling some of the pain, you're more anxious to learn how to be healed. If you are like most of us, you probably have had some destructive patterns of behavior for years -- maybe since your childhood. Change is hard work. While you were in a love relationship you might have been comfortable enough that you felt no need to change. But now there is that pain. What do you do? Well, you can use the pain as motivation to learn and to grow. It's not easy. But you can.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

If you're putting your life back together after a divorce, you need this book! an all new revised, updated and expanded edition of a best-seller!

SYNOPSIS

This revised, updated third edition of the international bestseller is built on more than two decades of research and practice, incorporating feedback and life experiences of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women who have read and used Rebuilding. This book has spawned thousands of divorce recovery groups in the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Finland and elsewhere. Fisher's thorough understanding and presentation of the nineteen-stage divorce recovery process is remarkable. 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. They often comment, "He seems to know exactly what I'm feeling!" This new 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 response to the needs of those who are divorcing or divorced.

FROM THE CRITICS

Florence R. Kaslow - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

...deals with the everyday feelings and problems of the divorcing and divorced... hits just the right balance between seriousness and optimism.

Jeanette Wright - Borger News-Herald, Borger, Texas

If you're putting your life back together after a divorce, you need this book! It could be just what you're looking for to help you get your life back on track. I found it to be very interesting and informative.

Behavior Therapist

One of the best books written for the divorcing person... warm, engaging.

Esther Oshiver Fisher - Journal of Divorce

...a handbook for the divorcing and divorced that is authentic and which they can employ in the rebuilding of their own lives.

A.R.E. Press