About the Book

Argument Addiction identifies the top “Typical Arguments” between long term couples and how to best resolve each of them. The problem with many couples is that they get stuck in a pattern of communication which can send them on a seemingly endless loop over the same arguments which if not handled can lead to resentment and ultimately a permanent breakup.

Whether it’s disagreeing over how to discipline their children, dealing with the revelation of an affair to even how to load the dishwasher—these arguments can be constructive if they resolved properly and even make the relationship stronger, healthier and even argument-free.

The Argument Addiction is also helpful for dealing with friends, partners and family members and politically charged arguments. Really! The principles taught her can be applied to any type of emotional conflict and bring more peace and harmony in your life. And couldn’t we all use more of that?

Both Dr. Phillip Lee and Dr. Diane Rudolph are available for interviews to discuss their best tips for avoiding the addiction to arguing and how to live an argument-free relationship.

Follow on social media: @ArgumentBook on Twitter and @argumentaddictionbook on Instagram

Lee RudolfAbout the Authors

Dr. Phillip Lee and Dr. Diane Rudolph are the co-heads of Marital Therapy at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Empathetic and straight-talking therapists—they have helped hundreds of people feel happier, have stronger relationships and perform at their best at work and play. They have been treating patients in private practice in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Greenwich, CT with 55 years of combined experience. Lee specializes in helping patients with anxiety and depression as well as performance issues at work, in sports and the arts. Has a private practice in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in Greenwich, CT. He is a graduate of Harvard College cum laude and Yale Medical School. He did his internship and residency at Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital.

Dr. Rudolph’s approach blends sophisticated academic training with empathetic clinical care. Her special expertise includes marital and couples therapy, psychotherapy and medication treatment of anxiety and depression and women’s mental health issues.

She did her undergraduate work at Barnard College and Columbia University where she was Phi Beta Kappa. She is a graduate of Cornell Medical School, and completed residency training in both psychiatry and internal medicine at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City where she was the American Psychiatry Association Psychiatry Association Burroughs Wellcome Fellow in Psychiatry.