Getting the Love You Want

“Harville Hendrix offers the best program I’ve seen for using the love/hate energy in marriage to help a couple heal one another and to become whole together.” — T. George — When you make a serious commitment to another person, you open up the possibility of happiness for yourself. So why is it that the more you want to be close to each other, the more you seém to fight? Dr. Harville Hendrix, a marriage therapist has discovered how to defuse this age-old power struggle. In Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, he shows how your frustrations originated in unmet childhood needs, and how you are unwittingly trying to resolve them If you're not getting the love you want from the person you're with, you need to do something about it. Through a unique ten-week course that you take in the privacy of your home, Dr. Hendrix teaches you how to communicate with greater accuracy and sensitivity, how to let go of self-defeating behaviours, and how to focus your energy on meeting your partner's needs. Gradually, the downward spiral of the power struggle is transformed into a mutually beneficial process of spiritual and emotional growth. Readers who were inspired by M. Scott Peck’s The Road Less Travelled will recognize the power of Dr. Hendrix’s techniques for resolving marital problems. They will discover in marriage the love and fulfillment that has so long eluded them. Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., is a therapist and educator with twenty years’ experience working with individuals, couples, families and groups. He is the director of The Institute for Relationship Therapy, based in Dallas