Chris A Matthews

Maintaining Safety Chris A Matthews

In this workbook you will learn how to gain and maintain relationship security. The first lesson will introduce you to the four primary safety needs couples rely on to build healthy relationships. The next lesson will help you safeguard your relationship from infidelity and betrayal. You then learn how to build a joint financial plan that aligns with both you and your partners monetary beliefs. Lesson four centers around protecting your relationship from boundary intruders which can be the people, places, or things that come between you and your partner. The last lesson in this module is designed to shield your relationship from problematic alcohol and drug use. In the second half of the workbook, you will gain a better understanding of how to move past the barriers that fuel relationship problems around safety. After completing this section, you will have a better understanding of how dishonesty, the abuse of power, unresolved trauma, and illness can create intimate relationship problems associated with feelings of safety.