Not Your Typical Relationship Guide

Be a partner. Be a safe place.
Build a life that works for both of you.

This book began with a young person's wish and request: to find the words to help her partner understand her everyday realities. She wanted him to be her rock without becoming her parent-to offer understanding when problem-solving felt impossible under pressure, and to see her as a whole person, never just a diagnosis.

In Not Your Typical Relationship Guide, social worker and psychotherapist Angela Geddes explores how differences in remembering, communicating, planning, staying focused, making sense of information and managing emotions can shape life together. With compassionate explanations and practical strategies, she helps readers take misunderstandings less personally, respond with curiosity, and offer support that preserves dignity and autonomy.

Both partners' needs matter. Through shared understanding, clear boundaries and acceptance, we can create more room for safety, connection, laughter and love.

Relationships are complicated-and beautiful. This guide is for all of us, especially those who have, or love someone with, a complicated and beautiful brain.