Getting the Love You Want

A Guide for Couples: Third Edition

By: Harville Hendrix Ph.D. Ph.D., Helen LaKelly Hunt PhD PhD

Narrated by: Harville Hendrix Ph.D. Ph.D., Helen LaKelly Hunt PhD PhD

This program is read by the authors.

The New York Times bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, now fully revised with a new forward and a brand new chapter.

Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of people experience more satisfying relationships and is recommended every day by professional therapists and happy couples around the world. Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt explain how to revive romance and remove negativity from daily interactions, to help you:

· Discover why you chose your mate
· Resolve the power struggle that prevents greater intimacy
· Learn to listen – really listen – to your partner
· Increase fun and laughter in your relationship
· Begin healing early childhood experiences by stretching into new behaviors
· Become passionate friends with your partner
· Achieve a common vision of your dream relationship

Become the most connected couple you know with this revolutionary guide, combining behavioral science, depth psychology, social learning theory, Gestalt therapy, and interpersonal neuroscience to help you and your partner recapture joy, enhance closeness, and experience the reward of a deeply fulfilling relationship.

Critic reviews

“Hendrix provides much insight into how spouses can mature through one another.” —Booklist

“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 Harris, Editor-in-Chief, American Health

“I know of no better guide for couples who genuinely desire a maturing relationship.” —M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled

“Remarkable . . . Incisive and persuasive.” —Ann Roberts, former president, Rockefeller Family Fund

“I have seen these principles in application and they work!” —James A. Hall, M.D.

Life Changing

The concepts that are taught in this book opened my eyes to so many things in my life, and I feel like I have a much better understanding about my own decisions in the past and what I can do to strengthen my relationships going forward. I truly think that if these concepts were taught in school and were common knowledge, more people would have loving and healthy relationships. I’ll be reading this book many times over my lifetime to really learn the concepts and put them into action.

I do understand why some people think the authors performance could be better, but I still liked hearing them read their own book. If you don’t love it, I recommend grabbing a paper copy. The book is to insightful and helpful to miss.

One of the most interesting books I've ever read

This book has deeply moved me. I'm single but the insights about recognizing others as individuals and gaining healing through loving others resonated. I'm starting to listen to it again!

Very informative

This is a great book that helps you work on your marriage and yourself. I've found that the exercises, affirmations, and dialog used with couples counseling as a plus are really helpful for me even if my wife isn't fully committed to using the book yet.

Just because you write it doesn't mean you should read it

The performances detract from the outstanding content - I had to buy the hard copy to get through the material because the material is that good and the performances are that bad. May want to redo the audio with professional voice actors to make it a truly excellent resource for couples to listen to together.

strong content

this couple knows about many issues we all face. great advise and direction to help get to a more loving place.