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Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples (20th Anniversary Edition)
Source: Harville Hendrix
MSRP: $13.50 Average Cost: $4.67
The bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, revised and with a new afterword
In Getting the Love You Want, Dr. Harville Hendrix presents the relationship skills that have helped hundreds of thousands of couples replace confrontation and criticism with a process of mutual support that facilitates healing and growth. This extraordinary practical guide describes the revolutionary technique of Imago Relationship Therapy, which combines a number of disciplines—including the behavioral sciences, depth psychology, social learning theory, Gestalt therapy, and interpersonal neurosciences, among others—to create a program that transforms conflict into creative tension that deepens connection and renews passion.
In a new chapter and afterword, we learn the key ways in which Imago Therapy—now practiced by more than two thousand therapists worldwide—has evolved since its inception. One development lies in Hendrix's discovery that helping couples express their anger merely reinforces negative and critical thought patterns rather than defusing them, so today's Imago therapists have shifted focus toward helping couples eliminate all negativity from their daily interactions. This fundamental change has proven invaluable in couples therapy, and the importance of eliminating negativity has been integrated throughout the text, allowing readers of the 2008 edition to benefit from Hendrix's ongoing discoveries during his last two decades of work.
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Posted on October 4, 2008 2:22 PM PDT
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Perception Changer
Before reading this book I honestly didn't think love was for me. I thought its for the movies, and older people who found spouses with morals. But as we all know, life is about what you put into it, so I decided to read this and see what made sense. I was not in a relationship at the time, and I muddled through reading it because its aimed at women, but I realized the character flaws in myself that caused me to turn away women I would find attractive, that I would find funny, smart etc. By the end of reading this I actually had a date! It was because I let myself be who I really am in front of women, and that is what makes this book so great. It helps you get everything out on the line and really change your perception of things.
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Posted on September 5, 2008 9:38 PM PDT
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The Value Depends Upon the Couple
Getting the Love You Want comes recommended by many therapists and marriage counselors. I found the book to be a good way to open up communication between partners, but my spouse and I did not gain any benefit from the book. I found the exercises to be long-winded and confusing in places. While working with this book, my husband and I spent quite a bit of time figuring out how to complete the exercises. The exercises do require honesty and communication, and in that respect they are a great way for couples to get a good look at the issues in the relationship and open up a dialogue. You must, however, have a good relationship with your partner before starting the exercises though, because these exercises can be almost painful in revealing problems in the relationship. The book certainly does cut to the chase, and although it is confusing in places, it does force an open line of communication between partners in a relationship.
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Posted on August 28, 2008 7:01 PM PDT
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Understand the 'Why' of Love with "Getting the Love You Want"
We often talk of falling in love as a mysterious event that happens to us. But in "Getting the Love You Want" Harville Hendrix attempts to explain why we fall in love and how the patterns set earlier in life make that love feel so powerful.
Because love touches our deepest fears and vulnerabilities, he says, it has the power to hurt or to heal us. He gives many compelling examples from his own practice as a psychologist and also includes exercises for couples to work through together.
