Authors:
HARVILLE HENDRIX, PH.D.
TERRENCE REAL, LICSW
PAT LOVE, ED.D.
HELEN LAKELLY HUNT, PH.D.
DAVID SCHNARCH, PH.D.
RICHARD SIMON, PH.D.
Authors:
HARVILLE HENDRIX, PH.D.
TERRENCE REAL, LICSW
PAT LOVE, ED.D.
HELEN LAKELLY HUNT, PH.D.
DAVID SCHNARCH, PH.D.
RICHARD SIMON, PH.D.
Pat Love Explains Why We Need to Rethink the "Empathy Gap"
Pat Love • 5/2/2016
Have you ever wondered if some men in your practice are simply unable to listen, connect, and empathize with their partners? According to Pat Love, it’s more likely that our definition of empathy is just too narrow.
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Pat Love Explains the Science of Effective Sex Therapy
Pat Love • 12/30/2014
Our culture speaks of "falling" in love. Other societies have compared infatuation to divine revelation, and to psychosis. We often say, in jest, that this experience of hurricane-force passion is "like a drug." But that oft-quipped analogy may turn out to be no joke. Some scientists now believe that the frenzied euphoria of romantic love may well be a bona fide, altered state of consciousness, primarily brought on by the action of phenylethylamine (PEA), a naturally occurring, amphetamine-like neurotransmitter. And if our desire problems are at least partly innate, then maybe we don't need to feel quite so ashamed and despairing about the muddle we're in.
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What Is This Thing Called Love?
Pat Love • 10/14/2014
The provocative core of new research is this: each of us approaches our erotic encounters already primed by a premixed neurochemical and hormonal "cocktail" that influences both the strength and staying power of sexual passion. Having delved into this new biological evidence and observed its impact in my own couples therapy practice, I’m convinced that as long as our clients remain unaware of these bodily processes, they’re at high risk for making disastrous decisions about their intimate commitments.
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The Answers Are Being Discovered in the Laboratory
Pat Love • 9/17/2014
The provocative core of the new research is this: Each of us approaches our erotic encounters already primed by a premixed neurochemical and hormonal "cocktail" that influences both the strength and staying power of sexual passion. Having delved into this new biological evidence and observed its impact in my own couples therapy practice, I am convinced that as long as our clients remain unaware of these bodily processes, they are at high risk for making disastrous decisions about their intimate commitments.
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The Answers Are Being Discovered in the Laboratory
Pat Love • 3/2/1999
If the idea that desire is orchestrated by our body chemistry hasn't yet found its way into the clinical conversation, it may be because the evidence is still largely buried in scientific journals, primarily from the emerging fields of behavioral endocrinology and psychophysiology.
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