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One of the most important insights is that secure attachment is a product of relationship experiences, rather than relationship structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Dr Elisabeth Sheff, author of The Polyamorists Next Door, Stories from the Polycule, When Someone You Love is Polyamorous, and Children in Polyamorous Families\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSecure attachment is absolutely central to successful polyamorous relationships, and insecure attachment is at the core of the jealousy and other challenges in open relationships of all kinds. This book can help poly people, as well as clinicians, get to the heart of their struggles and pain. It can help them to take concrete steps to become more comfortable with their non-monogamous relationships and trust their partner's love and commitment. This is required reading for people in open relationships and should be used as a textbook for every therapist who works with people in polyamorous relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Kathy Labriola, counsellor, nurse, and author of The Polyamory Breakup Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGives people a way to understand how they may be recreating old patterns by bringing their own childhood attachment styles into their adult relationships. More importantly, it offers concrete skills for how to use this knowledge to create healthier, more satisfying and secure relationship dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Max Rivers, author of Loving Conflict – how conflict is really your relationship trying to go deeper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45693325443308,"sku":"9781922585974","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922585974.jpg?v=1725597692"},{"product_id":"more-than-two-2nd-edition-by-eve-rickert-9781990869587","title":"More Than Two, 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Can you love more than one person?’ A lot of conversations about nonmonogamy start this way. 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The jet-setting passport paramour who fits the needs of many far-flung lovers into a single carryon has as many opportunities to do right or wrong by their partners as the members of a homebound triad who prefer raising a family to raising hell on the nightlife scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEven the most casual of connections requires trust, and where there is trust, there is the potential for betrayal. As long as there have been love stories, there has been love lost through deception, abandonment, or callous disregard of intimate bonds. Intimacy, exclusive or otherwise, can be exploratory or confined, collaborative or autonomous, but one thing it can never be is risk free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYes, there is cheating in nonmonogamous relationships. 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