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Bruce Chalmer

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Dr. Bruce Chalmer has been helping couples for over thirty years. Through his teaching, consulting, and videos about relationships, his ideas have helped thousands of couples and their therapists.

Together with his wife, Judy Alexander, Dr. Chalmer is the host of the Couples Therapy in Seven Words podcast (https://ctin7.com).

Dr. Chalmer's website is https://brucechalmer.com. ...more

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Two Jewish Boomers Visit Germany and Talk About Forgiveness

In my book Betrayal and Forgiveness, I define forgiveness as an “inside job.” Among other things, that means that you can forgive people who have committed acts of pure evil—because forgiving just means you can think about what happened without being consumed by anger or panic. Forgiveness is about healing yourself. To paraphrase Anne Lamott, forgiveness gets the rat poison out of you. Then you ca

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	Reigniting The Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy and How to Get It Back 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betrayal and Forgiveness: How to Navigate the Turmoil and Learn to Trust Again 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Not About Communication!: Why Everything You Know About Couples Therapy is Wrong 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Words to Jump-Start Your Love Life: What You Need to Know About Relationships, in One Sentence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Husband Complains About My Cleaning! What Do I Do?: Hint: It's Not About the Cleaning it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Berakhot: a Midrash Cantata: Program Notes and Commentary 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bruce Chalmer wrote a new blog post Two Jewish Boomers Visit Germany and Talk About Forgiveness In my book Betrayal and Forgiveness, I define forgiveness as an “inside job.” Among other things, that means that you can forgive people who have comm Read more of this blog post »
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Bruce Chalmer liked Judygr8's review of Betrayal and Forgiveness: How to Navigate the Turmoil and Learn to Trust Again: "I can relate to at least two, maybe even three scenarios presented in this book. I think just about every human being has been betrayed, whether by a friend, a parent, a partner, a teacher or a child. Dr. Chalmer clearly goes through the steps of wha" Read more of this review »
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Bruce Chalmer liked Nancy's review of Betrayal and Forgiveness: How to Navigate the Turmoil and Learn to Trust Again: "Dr. Chalmers writes beautifully and he has compassion for his readers and the couples he has helped over the years. Through exploring the experiences of sample couples, the doctor is able to offer definitions of betrayal and forgiveness. What does it " Read more of this review »
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Bruce Chalmer liked Lisa Gray's review of Betrayal and Forgiveness: How to Navigate the Turmoil and Learn to Trust Again: "This is a really good and important contribution to the topic of affair recovery & betrayal (although it talks about ALL kinds of betrayal). So many of the things Dr. Chalmer talks about in this book are crucial to this process. Note that this is not" Read more of this review »
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