Couples Companion: Meditations & Exercises for Getting the Love You Want: A Workbook for Couples (Paperback)

~ Harville, PhD Hendrix (Author) "We all enter our partnerships with our minds full of pictures-dreams, movie fantasies, beliefs-a detailed Technicolor extravaganza of "how it's going to be..." (more)
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Product Description

Shows how an enlightened relationship can lead to spiritual growth and personal healing and offers a life-changing program for doing so. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

About the Author

Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., a clinical pastoral counselor and co-creator of Imago Relationship Therapy, has more than thirty-five years' experience as an educator, public lecturer, and couples' therapist.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Atria; Other Printing edition (February 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671868837
• ISBN-13: 978-0671868833
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #255,214 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This can be a real marriage-saver!, July 7, 1998

By A Customer

If you're committed to taking the time each day to do the exercises in this book, you can make significant improvements in your marriage or relationship. My spouse and I found it to be a useful adjunct to therapy, and we are closer now than ever before, and we understand each other much better. Sometimes the exercises seem a little hokey, but if you trust the authors that they do have a reason behind what they're asking of you, you'll find that the little doses of daily insight, plus just spending time together each day, can work wonders! As a clinical psychologist, I was impressed both personally and professionally. It's good for any type of committed couple, straight or gay, too, which is nice.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This REALLY Works, November 15, 2004

By	Avid Reader (My own little world) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Couples Companion: Meditations & Exercises for Getting the Love You Want : A Workbook for Couples (Paperback)

If you and your partner have the patience to work through this together, it will enhance your understanding of your own motives as well as your partners. My partner and I are about 1/2 way through and I can honestly say that the improvement in our relationship has been so substantial that I went from depressed/hopeless/thinking of leaving to committed to making it work--together.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile purchase, January 3, 2007

By	Therese (Folsom) - See all my reviews

Great book for couples to improve communication, increase mutual understanding and reromanticize the relationship. I am a Marriage Family Therapsit and recommend Harveille Hendrix's books to all the couples I see. This particular book is broken down in a way that busy couples can spend 20 minutes a day to share one page. This book helps partners who might normally feel overwhelmed by self help books or have difficulty discussing relationship issues. You just can't go wrong with this book!