Giving the Love That Heals

Publisher Description

Harville Hendrix has illuminated the paths to healthy, loving relationships in his "New York Times" bestsellers "Getting the Love You Want" and "Keeping the Love You Find." Now, with his coauthor and wife, Helen Hunt, he brings us to a new understanding of the most profound love of all -- by helping parents nurture their own development as they encourage emotional wholeness in their children.?This groundbreaking book offers a unique opportunity for personal transformation: by resolving issues that originated in our own childhood, we can achieve a conscious, and thus healthier, relationship with our children, regardless of their age. Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt help us explore: The "Imago" -- the fantasy partner that our unconscious mind constructs from those we loved as a child, a that has guided our search for a life partner "Maximizer" and "Minimizer" parents -- the defensive styles that internally shape what we say and how interact with our children A "Parenting P