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Marc, ... The relationship went critical mass over
the summer again, and I made the decision to move out first of August.
We are trying to salvage whatever remains of friendship so that
we don't completely lose each other, but it's hard right now, because
we're both so raw, and there's so much temptation to fall right
back into the same old unresolved fights and behavior patterns.
One way or another, it will seek its level and be fine. Did just
want to say how useful I found the materials in your relationship
program. Despite the way things have turned out, they did help us
very much. I know that I will take the skills and techniques and
resultant insights about myself into my next relationship, which
I suppose ironically will be the beneficiary. Thanks again, and
wish you all the best. |
I've spent hours looking for and reading information on ANGER
& ANGER MANAGEMENT . . . and have found many helpful resources,
but your site is the first to make me laugh . . . "One reason
you're still arguing with someone is because you're still in the
room and available for arguing." - Marc Sadoff, MSW, BCD. .
. . . and after trying to 'Manage' for soooo long - a laugh felt
wonderful! Thanks. I'm looking forward to learning more. Hi Marc, I just wanted to commend
your company for an incredibly fast response to my order. It arrived
today and in perfect condition. It was exactly as advertised. I
only had a moment to skim the manual today but from my brief glimpse
it looks as if it will be very helpful to me in my work with couples.
Thanks
Please send me any sample exercises on Expressing Anger Constructively. I truly am grateful for all the free material. It is helping ALOT. Joyce Yes we received it. Thank you for all your help! your book is amazing!!!!! Chantal from Canada |
| Your workbook is excellent. Absolutely
amazing. My husband ordered a pair of them when I told him that I
wouldn't stay with him any longer if he didn't take some sort of action
to learn to be accountable for his behavior. So he ordered the books
(he'd already decided to quit seeing our therapist because she was
on "my side." Anyway, the stuff in the book is great. Though he refused to look at it, but then yesterday when I told him that I really, truly wanted to leave, he started looking at it, and apparently doing the exercises. Here's my question... how can any of these techniques or exercises work in a relationship where there is verbal and/or emotional abuse? I've suggested to him that we go to your seminar, but he says, "I can't sit in a room where someone pretends to know more than I do about something." Teri M. |
Dear Mr. Sadoff, I am writing to thank you for the help that your manual "Coming Together for Life" has been to me. Many of the techniques outlined in your manual can be put to immediate use and bring about immediate change. I thank you for this wonderful resource. As I have read through the manual, I have a feeling that I have a controlling personality. I also suspect that I am somewhat codepedent. I am wondering if you could recommend some good resources that I could use to understand these topics better and how to overcome them. I am also interested in any resources you could direct me to in helping me to understand how my childood could effect my present personality and relationships. Thank you so much. Mark P. |
| After reading through the articles posted on the
web, i must say that i can't agree more with your analysis on why
arguments occur between couples. I myself, have been squabbling/quarrelling
with my spouse for the past 1 year and have felt helpless many times
about the futility of our talks. I must say that your articles really
contributed to some good insights. I would really appreciate if you can email me the free sample worksheets. Thank and God bless! Sincerely, lynn |
I truly appreciate the good service.. Thank you.. Marc, Vladessa |
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thanks i realy need them for the help i must have in order to remain sane. RDMX Mr. Sadoff, thanks so much for your communication tips. They are practical, entertaining and helpful. Tshai B. Thank you very much PS: Thank you so very much for making this counseling
workbook option My name is Kari H. and I was hoping to get
a user account for your web site. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, THIS WEBSITE IS VERY INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT TO MARRIED COUPLES. PLEASE SEND ME THE FREE SAMPLES. MAY GOD ALWAYS BLESS YOU. Lydia S. |
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Hi Marc, To make the long story short, as my life went on I started noticing that I had very hard time gaining and maintaining relationships with other people. I was always Mrs Right. My parents criticized this aspect of my personality all the time but I refused to listen because that is all what they had been doing - just criticizing me and telling me how bad person I was. How could I have listen? They had never said sorry to me or had never had any respect for my feelings and decisions. When I met my husband I realized he was the kind of person that was liked by everyone and getting along with everybody, which meant, he was the total opposite of me. Also, I could not believe how much respect his parents had for his feelings even though he complained about it once in a while. I was very excited to see how I would get along with him and, of course, I failed again. Last week he told me many things about my personality that were not very pleasant to hear but to be honest, I was basically aware of most of them just did not know how to change them. (And, of course, I would never admit it out loud. ) Your manual not only helped me to understand what I was doing wrong but also thought me how to fix it. I used to defend myself ALL THE TIME not ever being able to admit that I could ever be wrong or I could make a mistake. Actually, many times I new I was wrong but I just could not say it out loud. |
Just like ,my parents never did. When I reached for help on the Internet last week I was desperate. I was hoping to find some sort of a manual that would help me step by step to understand what I was doing wrong and what "nice" and "liked" people would do in certain situations. Your Workbook is exactly what I was looking for and I am so grateful to you for putting it together. While reading it I often felt like you must have been in our house when my husband and I were arguing. The statements like: You just won't listen ! or Can you just stop interrupting me ! or Can you just listen for once without saying anything? I have heard so many times. But this is all OVER! Thanks to YOU!! You have opened my eyes and initiated a HUGE change in my life. Perhaps now I will show more respect to others by being a better listener and by being a better communicator. THANK YOU AGAIN SOOO MUCH FOR TEACHING ME IN A FEW DAYS WHAT MY PARENTS HAVE NOT IN 37 YEARS! Getting my relationship with the "outside" world ( but mainly my marriage), on track is the GREATEST GIFT one could ever give me. Last week I read your manual and this morning I am for the first time in my life saying sorry to my husband for being late without trying to come up with thousands of stupid excuses why it had happened. I simply admitted that I should have done better job planning my other activities and promised to do a better job in the future. After reading your manual all of
a sudden it seems all so simple. And,
it feels like a release from prison! It feels so GOOD! I was little
bit disappointed by my husbands reaction which was " Yeah right!
ou are too selfish and ignorant to care and change next time!"
I still feel good. That is all what I could do, right? Thank you
thousand times for all you do and Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! |
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(This was an email forwarded to us that was a seminar attendee writing to her friend.) Dear Jill, Great to hear back from you. Here's the website for the marriage enrichment workshop that Bob and I took. It's www.RealHope.com . If J___ isn't willing to give up one day of his life to enhance your marriage, I would have grave concern about whether this would help you...or even if it sounds like he wants your marriage to work. As the old saying goes, "it takes 2 to tango." I'm not even sure that the therapist would accept you into the workshop, without your husband...since there will be contracts you need to make with one another during the day. I highly recommend the workshop, however, and hope you will be able to benefit from it, as Bob and I are. Best of luck to you, J__ and the baby. Keep me posted on how things are going. By the way, the therapist who runs the program, Marc Sadoff, would be happy to address your questions, I'm sure. You'll find his phone and email address on the website. Take care! Warmly, Karen |
I came to your class a year ago (Patty F.). With your seminar last year, it was so amazingly helpful and eye opening, that I highly recommend your workshop. We left your workshop and had the best marriage ever for about a month. We fell a bit, headed into some major issues, and using the things we learned in your seminar, we popped out the end of a tunnel of turbulence - that we'd been in since before we got married (since late 2003) - by early this year. We are in a whole different relationship now. Thank you, thank you so much for that! Such a good place, I took his name (that's why my e-mail now says J____.) Anyways... not the point! I just signed up my brother and his wife for your July workshop. I've been working on them for awhile and finally got forceful - Good? Bad? I'm sure you know! ;-) His name is Rick and her name is C___. Thanks again! Looking forward to more miracle working! ;-) She's
a good one and I'd like to keep her in the family! She's also
got a son (stepson to my bro) which makes splitting that much
harder. They're married about 3 years now. Best, |
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Hi Marc, Allison |