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Drawing on science, personal anecdotes, philosophy, and real-life interviews, Dr Enrico Gnaulati reveals the secrets to a lasting successful romantic union. He offers clear, well-researched guidance to put couples on a confident path to cultivating enduring loving bonds outside moral–religious duty.
Due to be published in September 2023.
| Author | Enrico Gnaulati |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781800132085 |
| Format | Paperback, e-Book, Print & e-Book |
| Page Extent | 288 |
| Publication Date | September 2023 |
| Subject Areas | Couple and Family, Psychotherapy |
Flourishing Love is a secular defence of marriage and long-term intimate partnership. It rejects a moral–religious code to govern love lives and instead puts its faith in the human potential for couples to be benevolent, loyal, and forgiving to preserve and enhance their romantic union.
Dr Gnaulati draws on a variety of sources to present the joint emotional upkeep necessary to make an intimate relationship not just satisfactory, but vital, and to illustrate what these lasting bonds look like. The latest science, anecdotes from his own 30-year marriage as well as from his psychotherapy practice, the musings of ancient and contemporary philosophers, real-life interviews from partners in long-term happy marriages and intimate unions, and reflections on what can be derived from couples therapy are all used to reveal the secrets to a successful romantic partnership.
The result is a how-to of engaging in attentive and sensitive communication; employing a fairness habit of mind around household chores, childrearing responsibilities, and finances; optimally moving through and beyond conflict; keeping an erotic spark alive; and ethically handling urges to stray outside the couple. A must-read for all those who crave meaning, happiness, and fulfilment in life and need their romantic partnerships to help, not hinder, in this endeavour.
Enrico Gnaulati, PhD, is a clinical psychologist based in Pasadena, California, and Affiliate Professor of Psychology at Seattle University. He has authored many acclaimed books and published a host of articles in academic journals as well as popular online magazines like The Atlantic, Salon, and The Huffington Post. His work has been featured on Spectrum News, China Global Television Network, Psychology Today, and more, as well as reviewed in Pacific Standard, the Huffington Post, The Australian, and the New Yorker. He is a blogger for Mad in America, an internationally recognized reformer of mental health practice and policy.
Acknowledgements
About the author
Introduction
Chapter One
Aspiring to flourishing love
Chapter Two
Surviving domesticity
Chapter Three
Doing conflict well
Chapter Four
Humor me
Chapter Five
Lust is a must
Chapter Six
Wrangling with roving desires
Chapter Seven
Getting the right sort of help
Notes
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