Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. The 20th-anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to this groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix’s updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples’ daily interactions, allowing readers of the 2008 edition to benefit from his ongoing discoveries during his last two decades of work.
Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD., originated Imago Relationship Therapy, a unique healing process for couples, prospective couples, and parents. Together they have more than thirty years’ experience as educators and therapists and their work has been translated into more than 50 languages, with Imago practiced by two thousand therapists worldwide. Harville and Helen have six children and live in New York and New Mexico.
Harville Hendrix Ph.D. is the New York Times bestselling author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guide, and with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Giving the Love that Heals: A Guide for Parents. Harville and Helen have written over 10 books with more than 2 million copies sold. In addition, Harville has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey television program 17 times.
Harville co-founded Imago Relationship Therapy with Helen to promote the transformation of couples and families and create relational cultures that support universal equality. Together, Harville and Helen have developed a variety of resources to help couples, families, and educators strengthen their relationship knowledge and skills. In addition, they have trained more than 2,000 therapists in over 35 countries around the world.
Harville has over 40 years experience working as a couple’s therapist, educator, clinical trainer, and lecturer. His educational background includes graduate degrees from Union Theological Seminary (NY), the University of Chicago, and a former professor at Southern Methodist University. In addition to being co-creator of Imago, Helen has been inducted into the Women’s Hall of Fame for her support of the women’s movement.
Harville and Helen have been married for 36 years and have six children and six grandchildren. They live in New York City and Dallas. For more information, visit: harvilleandhelen.com.
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