This is an easy-to-follow, practical guide to understanding how your relationship with family can affect your life. Most people's lives are complicated by family relationships. Birth order, our parents' relationship, and the 'rules' we were brought up with can affect our self-esteem and relationships with spouses, children, and other family members. "Family Ties that Bind" is an easy-to-read, practical book that explains how families function and what you can do to change the way you act in your family and with other people. Featuring simple step-by-step exercises that show readers how to apply the information and advice found on the page to their own situation and develop a more positive approach to all aspects of life.

羅納德?理查森

（Ronald W. Richardson）

從事婚姻問題谘詢和傢庭心理治療方麵的工作20年。曾任加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞省“北岸谘詢中心”執行主任和培訓主任、“太平洋沿岸傢庭療法培訓協會”成員。現任“美國婚姻與傢庭心理治療協會”臨床心理治療師和督導，也是“美國牧師谘詢協會”執業醫師。

牛振宇

1982年生，河南安陽人。2015年在上海外國語大學獲得英語語言文學博士學位，目前在安陽師範學院英語係擔任教師。譯著有《平行的世界（一）》（上海譯文齣版社）、《渾濁的馬爹利》（安徽文藝齣版社）等。