The Jealousy Workbook: Exercises and Insights for Managing Open Relationships

Kathy Labriola

Sep 2013 · SCB Distributors

About this ebook

From the initial stages of trying to agree who can do what with whom, through advanced issues such as coping with logistics and seeking compersion, every relationship sooner or later confronts jealousy – and some relationships do not survive the confrontation. Between these covers you will find forty-two exercises with supporting text, developed by a professional relationship counselor and refined by hundreds of clients trying to find their own paths through jealousy. They range from basic (Exercise Two, Clarify Your Relationship Orientation) through challenging (Exercise Thirty-Four, Imagine Looking Through Their Eyes and Being In Their Shoes). All can be done solo, with a partner, or under the supervision of a helping professional, and all can be done before a problem emerges or in the throes of a jealousy crisis. Along the way, you will find solutions to the issues that bedevil even the most happily open relationships.

About the author

Kathy Labriola has extensive experience assisting people with the challenges of non-traditional relationships, sexual orientation crises, political activism, and class struggle. A counselor and nurse, she has written articles for LovingMore, Polymatchmaker.com, and many other publications and websites.