The Intimacy Factor: The Ground Rules for Overcoming the Obstacles to Truth, Res

<p>In her first book in over 10 years, Pia Mellody--author of the groundbreaking bestsellers<em> Facing Codependence </em>and <em>Facing Love Addiction</em>--shares her profound wisdom on what it takes to sustain true intimacy and trusting love in our most vital relationships.</p><p>Drawing on more than 20 years' experience as a counsellor at the renowned Meadows Treatment Centre in Arizona, Mellody now shares what she has learned about why intimate relationships falter--and what makes them work. Using the most up-to-date research and real-life examples, including her own compelling personal journey, Mellody provides readers with profoundly insightful and practical ground rules for relationships that achieve and maintain joyous intimacy.</p><p>This invaluable resource helps diagnose the causes of faulty relationships--many of them rooted in childhood--and provides tools for readers to heal themselves, enabling them to establish and maintain healthy relationships.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Pia Mellody, Lawrence S. Freundlich<br><b>Publisher:</b> HarperOne<br><b>Published:</b> 05/25/2004<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.00h x 6.14w x 0.64d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780060095802<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Newsweek</i> 07/13/2009 pg. 56