In this groundbreaking book, psychologist Bryn Collins opens up the discussion about life with an emotionally unavailable person. Using case studies, quizzes, and jargon-free, easy-to-understand concepts, she profiles the most common types of emotionally unavailable partners, then offers the skills you need to change these painful associations. Based on her extensive clinical experience, she offers ways to recognize “toxic types” before you get too deeply involved, and she gives the emotionally unavailable partner techniques that teach how to connect with another person.

“I kept falling into stories that sounded uncomfortably like some that litter my own personal landscape.”

Trudi Hahn

Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Bryn Collins examines the reasons we get into painful, frustrating relationships, and how we can make positive changes without blaming ourselves.”

Gerrie E. Summers

Today’s Black Woman

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