Review of Why Love Is Not Enough
Review of Why Love is not Enough
By
Michael Koester
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for
Psysc 213 Psychology of Adjustment
To Kimberly D. Brown, M. A.
Ball State University
Spring Term, 2012
Why Love is not Enough
Sol Gordon, Ph. D.
Copyright 1988, 1990
Bob Adams, Inc.
147 pages
Why Love is not Enough
The author, Sol Gordon, Ph. D. received his B.A. and M.S. from the University of Illinois in 1947. He then went on to get a Ph. D. in psychology from the University of London in 1953. Since graduation, he has served as Chief Psychologist at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and the Middlesex County Mental Health Clinic. He also was a professor of Child and Family Studies and Yeshiva University, and later was the Director of the Institute for Family Research and Education at Syracuse University. After his “retirement”, he began giving lectures on sexuality, promotion of self-esteem, and suicide prevention. In his lifetime, he has written 15 books, and over one hundred articles.
The author starts off the book with a dedication to his wife. In this, he shows that he has personal experience with the subject he is writing about. They had been married 35 years, and he knew, like the majority of other married couples, the good times and bad times of marriage. But he took his own advice, and finished by saying he will still look up at his wife after 50 years and say “I still like you.”
The whole point of the book is about improving you own self when it comes to relationships. Gordon starts off with some problems in relationships today. He says that most people blame it on the excuse that they can’t find the right guy/gal, but where most of the problems lie, is with the recipient’s low self-esteem. Most people find their relationships unsatisfying because they don’t value themselves. Gordon addresses his audience in this way. “This book is for people who want a lasting, mature relationship. It is also for people whose
By
Michael Koester
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for
Psysc 213 Psychology of Adjustment
To Kimberly D. Brown, M. A.
Ball State University
Spring Term, 2012
Why Love is not Enough
Sol Gordon, Ph. D.
Copyright 1988, 1990
Bob Adams, Inc.
147 pages
Why Love is not Enough
The author, Sol Gordon, Ph. D. received his B.A. and M.S. from the University of Illinois in 1947. He then went on to get a Ph. D. in psychology from the University of London in 1953. Since graduation, he has served as Chief Psychologist at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic and the Middlesex County Mental Health Clinic. He also was a professor of Child and Family Studies and Yeshiva University, and later was the Director of the Institute for Family Research and Education at Syracuse University. After his “retirement”, he began giving lectures on sexuality, promotion of self-esteem, and suicide prevention. In his lifetime, he has written 15 books, and over one hundred articles.
The author starts off the book with a dedication to his wife. In this, he shows that he has personal experience with the subject he is writing about. They had been married 35 years, and he knew, like the majority of other married couples, the good times and bad times of marriage. But he took his own advice, and finished by saying he will still look up at his wife after 50 years and say “I still like you.”
The whole point of the book is about improving you own self when it comes to relationships. Gordon starts off with some problems in relationships today. He says that most people blame it on the excuse that they can’t find the right guy/gal, but where most of the problems lie, is with the recipient’s low self-esteem. Most people find their relationships unsatisfying because they don’t value themselves. Gordon addresses his audience in this way. “This book is for people who want a lasting, mature relationship. It is also for people whose
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