I Love You Madly! : On Passion, Personality and Personal Growth

by Gordon, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781419623547
• ISBN10: 1419623540
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-28
• Publisher: Iapt Pr

Summary

Why do some loves die and others flourish? What does it take to have a lasting satisfying love relationship? What are the love disturbances? How do we overcome them? Psychologist/Psychoanalyst Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D. examines his unusual romance with a prominent Russian artist and the psychotherapy with a frustrating patient. It turns out that both women have similar love disturbances. Will they learn to love better? You will find the answer in I Love You Madly! - a serious psychology book that reads like an entertaining novel.

Author Biography

Robert M. Gordon, Ph.D. is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis in Psychology, a Fellow of the Division of Psychoanalysis, and served on the governing council of the American Psychological Association. He was President of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and received its Distinguished Servie Award. He authored many scholarly articles and books in the areas of psychotherapy, relationships, forensic psychology, ethics and the MMPI-2. He has a private practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Mystery of Love	p. xiii
The Attraction Stage	p. 1
Disturbances in Love Relations	p. 7
The Examination Stage	p. 19
You Can't Be Intimate with a False Self	p. 38
Warning Signs	p. 43
Idealization and Devaluation	p. 46
The Fallen Angel	p. 49
A Victim of Lost Love	p. 54
Deciding to Fall in Love	p. 57
The Addictive Quality of Passion	p. 65
Repeating Love Dramas	p. 71
The Self-Revealing Stage	p. 76
Personality Disorders and Disturbed Love Relations	p. 84
Growing Closer	p. 92
Insight	p. 97
Ready to Leave for Russia	p. 100
First Meeting	p. 107
The Romantic High	p. 116
Separation Issues	p. 119
On Proving Love	p. 122
Trauma and Attraction	p. 131
Tenderness and Passion	p. 136
Pants Frozen in Time	p. 145
Fear of Betrayal	p. 147
Self-Reflection and Memory	p. 153
The Second Trip to Russia	p. 160
Irina's Warning	p. 174
The Confrontation	p. 180
The Mutual Expectation Stage	p. 183
The Breakthrough	p. 197
Epilogue	p. 200
References	p. 202
Continuing Education Credit	p. 211
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