Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner

Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner has gathered a few more reviews this month:

5 stars – Spot On!
By Sara Lynnon, July 14, 2015

This book put together all of the crazy-making broken pieces of my 35-year relationship with a fearful avoidant partner, which helped me to make sense of it all. Following a relational crisis 4 years ago, I had been sorting through the puzzling pieces, searching for resources, and going through counseling to try to understand the devastation. In the early stages, the only resource that seemed applicable and made any sense was Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is a fluffy, watered-down version of attachment issues when it comes to the truly avoidant. I always suspected attachment issues, yet it took this book to pull it all together. It reads like someone documented the entire relationship.

5 stars
By Mother of 2, July 13, 2015

Absolutely necessary to understand people’s behavior before you commit to long term relationship, or while you are in it but is confused about what is happening. I have read a lot of other books and online info, this book is the easiest to understand and is clear as day, especially if you are in such a relationship or has been previously. can’t say enough about it.

Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner

Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner 

Reviews have slowed to a trickle, probably because readers see most of their points already covered. But here’s two that have come in in the last month:

5 Stars
By Daphneon May 30, 2015
Very informative and made me aware of myself as well as the person I have in my life and where we may both be coming from and things that can be worked on. There is hope.

5 Stars
By Kindle Customer on 20 May 2015
Brilliant, helps you understand what is going on in that kind of relationship

Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner

A new review of Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner: on Amazon keeps the uniform 5-star rating going:

5.0 out of 5 stars, January 17, 2015
By Dara

I’ve been (it turns out) with an avoidant/dismissive for around 10 years — this book brought me peace because it described his behaviors with such eerie perfection. I was able to understand why our relations had always been tumultuous and why it was okay to leave.

Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner

Avoidant: How to Love (or Leave) a Dismissive Partner is the best seller in my little stable of books, mostly because it addresses a deep need. Another review just came in:

Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL AND INSIGHTFUL BOOK, January 3, 2015
By Dina Hill

This book is wonderful. I have been in a long term relationship for years and we never seem to get it right or communicate properly which has left much confusion in the relationship and caused regular break ups. I found that I am in a relationship with a Dismissive and everything I tried to rebuild the relationship after each break up (because yes we always end up back together) generally made it worse in the end. After reading this book, I understand his personality type and mine and am so much more understanding than I was before. This book has given me a lot of hope and a willingness not to give up on the relationship. Understanding myself and the things I do and how they reflect on the dismissive has really opened my eyes. This book gives not only insight but the tips on how to handle your issues as well as theirs to possibly receive your happy ending or at the very least recognize your personalty type so you can work on it if you need to in order to be healthier for the next relationship.