Hold Me Tight: 7 Convos Lifetime of Love

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Hold Me Tight
Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

By Dr. Sue Johnson

Hardcover; 320 pages

Strengthen and deepen your relationships with this "much-needed" (Harville Hendrix PhD) guide that has sold over one million copies through revelatory practical exercises seven profound conversations and sage advice from "the best couple's therapist in the world" (John Gottman PhD bestselling author)

Are you looking to enrich a healthy relationship revitalize a tired one or rescue one gone awry? We all want a lifetime of love support and companionship. But sometimes we need a little help.

Enter Dr. Sue Johnson developer of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and "the most original contributor to couple's therapy to come along in the last thirty years" according to Dr. William J. Doherty PhD. In Hold Me Tight Dr. Johnson shares her groundbreaking and remarkably successful program for creating stronger more secure relationships.

The message of Hold Me Tight is simple: Forget about learning how to argue better analyzing your early childhood making grand romantic gestures or experimenting with new sexual positions. Instead get to the emotional underpinnings of your relationship by recognizing that you are emotionally attached to and dependent on your partner in much the same way that a child is on a parent for nurturing soothing and protection. Dr. Johnson teaches that the way to enhance or save a relationship is to be open attuned and responsive to each other and to reestablish emotional connection. With this in mind she focuses on key moments in a relationship and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations including:

• Recognizing the Demon Dialogues
• Finding the Raw Spots
• Revisiting a Rocky Moment
• Forgiving Injuries
• Keeping Your Love Alive

These conversations give you insight into the defining moments in your relationship and guide you in reshaping these moments to create a secure and lasting bond.

Through stories from Dr. Johnson's practice illuminating advice and practical exercises you will learn how to nurture protect and grow your relationship ensuring a lifetime of love.