Love Sense
The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships

I really enjoyed this book. In therapy circles, Sue Johnson is the number one authority on improving couple relationships by strengthening attachment bonds. I use her text on Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) for my graduate students, but this book is more accessible and is written for a gene......more

This book was fluffier than I was expecting when I decided to read it. Although the author does include case stories of couples in crisis, and close to divorce, the difficulties faced by these couples seem to not be very emotionally complex and Dr. Johnson's exercises designed to help fix the proble......more

I really wanted to like this book, but Dr. Johnson totally lost me with her sex talk. This is grandma teaches bad monogomy, where one or both partners is unhappy, but lying about it and feeling guilty because their unhappiness is a result of "insecure attachment". Understanding attachment and your a......more

on the whole, I feel like attachment theory can be really useful and interesting. though this book was meh for me. the sex chapter was ugh and blerg. and the sciency talk was super dicey at times. "voles secrete oxytocin followed by sciency-sounding conclusion generalized to humans and stated very c......more

Nu sunt eu mare cititoare de cărți motivaționale sau non fiction în general, dar volumul acesta mi-a oferit perspectiva unui psiholog despre conceptul de iubire, atât romantică, parentală sau iubirea față de aproape, accentul punându-se pe ideea de terapie atunci când un cuplu simte că doar sentimen......more