Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide - Softcover

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671734202 ISBN 13: 9780671734206

Publisher: Atria Books, 1993

Synopsis

New York Times bestseller featured on Oprah!
"Keeping the Love You Find is a model that explains healthy love and what to do in a relationship to become whole."Alanis Morissette, Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter
Read the powerful follow-up to the runaway bestseller, Getting the Love You Want.
Do you dream of finding a partner in life? It's a natural human instinct and your dream is perfectly achievable. However, even the most well-adjusted people can have unresolved conflicts that make them seek out unsuitable romantic partners, unwittingly sabotage their relationships, and run from commitment without ever knowing the reasons why.
In Keeping the Love You Find, renowned relationship therapists and New York Times bestselling authors, Harville Hendrix Ph.D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt Ph.D., will help you:

• Identify your Imago -- the fantasy partner in your unconscious mind, which has a hidden agenda of its own, has chosen for you.
• Break free from those patterns in your parents' marriage that you have unknowingly accepted as your relationship model.
• Create hope in place of despair, companionship instead of loneliness.
• Develop communication skills to turn conflict into contact -- and togetherness.
• Transform every past relationship into a source of positive growth.
• Discover the rewards of real love -- and the little things that make it last.

Filled with wisdom and compassion, Keeping the Love You Find will help get your next relationship off to the best start and keep your love strong for a lifetime!

About this title

About the Author:

Harville Hendrix Ph.D. is the New York Times bestselling author of Getting the Love You Want, Keeping the Love You Find, and Giving the Love that Heals. He has written over 10 books with more than 2 million copies sold. In addition, Harville has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey television program 17 times.Harville co-founded Imago Relationship Therapy with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, to promote the transformation of couples and families and create relational cultures that support universal equality. Together, Harville and Helen have developed a variety of resources to help couples, families, and educators strengthen their relationship knowledge and skills. In addition, they have trained more than 2,000 therapists in over 35 countries around the world.Harville has over 40 years experience working as a couple's therapist, educator, clinical trainer, and lecturer. His educational background includes graduate degrees from Union Theological Seminary (NY), the University of Chicago, and a former professor at Southern Methodist University.Helen and Harville have been married for more than 30 years and have six children and six grandchildren. They reside in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit: HarvilleandHelen.com

Review:

"Keeping the Love You Find is a model that explains healthy love and active participation in your partner's healing. It explains what to do in a relationship to become whole."Alanis MorissetteGrammy award-winning singer and songwriter

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0671734202
• ISBN 13: 9780671734206
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352