Summary

What does it take to have a lasting love relationship? Dr. Robert Gordon shows that the course of love is fairly predictable based on the personalities and histories of the lovers. Only insight and mutual concern can help change this path. He explains the psychology of romantic love from both personal and professional perspectives. Along the way, he integrates evolutionary psychology, psychoanalysis and social psychology in the context of dramatic stories of love and psychotherapy. Learn how to recognize healthy love relations from relationship killers such as narcissism, defensiveness and hostility. I Love You Madly informs about the science of psychology, yet reads as an entertaining novel.

Summary

This workbook can teach you to have insights for more satisfying love relations. How is this workbook different from others? It is based on time-tested treatment. It is based on the latest theoretical and scientific findings. It goes into areas of unconscious personality dynamics that are often the reasons behind problems with intimacy. You will learn about healthy and disturbed love relations. You will learn what you can do about them.

About the Author

Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D. ABPP, is a Diplomate of Clinical Psychology and a Diplomate of Psychoanalysis in Psychology, as well as Fellow of the Division of Psychoanalysis, and served on the governing council of the American Psychological Association. He served as president of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and received its Distinguished Service Award. He authored over 30 scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and 8 books. He has a private practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania, specializing in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, forensic psychology, and MMPI-2 research. He also gives workshops on MMPI-2, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and ethics. Dr. Gordon's publications can be found at www.mmpi-info.com.