How To Agree To Disagree: Turning Conflict Into Connection (Paperback)

An empowering guide to managing conflict.

As much as we may try to avoid it, disagreement is inevitable – from work to family life, friendships and even internal dilemmas. But how many of us actually know how to deal with conflict effectively? How can you stop a disagreement escalating to an argument? And how can we all learn to communicate better?

World-leading conflict mediator and psychotherapist Gabrielle Rifkind is here to help you navigate the discords of daily life with her groundbreaking book How to Agree to Disagree.

This book is a comprehensive, accessible and practical handbook, covering a wide range of different types of conflict. From finances to families, world issues to the workplace, Gabrielle is an encouraging guide through a modern world of conflict, empowering you to be confident when dealing with disagreements and to get along with – almost – anyone.

About the Author

Gabrielle Rifkind is an expert in human conflict, with a unique combination of credentials that spans the personal and the geopolitical. Her career as a probation officer, group analyst, psychotherapist and international conflict mediator has given her a front-row seat on both people’s capacity to be destructive and how to heal divisions. Gabrielle is the director of the Oxford Process, a conflict resolution organization that works quietly behind the scenes to ripen the conditions for peace-making. She is a regular contributor to the media. Her expertise in geopolitical conflict mediation has been showcased in her acclaimed TED Talk, ‘How to Prevent - or Stop - a War'. Gabrielle is the author of How to Agree to Disagree.