Commitment and Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love

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Commitment and Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1: The Problem of Romantic Love; Chapter 2: Why Is It Difficult to Need Love?; Chapter 3: Love and Sex in Adult Gay Relationships; Chapter 4: Falling in Love; Chapter 5: Staying in Love; Chapter 6: How Therapy Works; Chapter 7: The Therapeutic Power of Love; Epilogue; Notes; Index.;"What's love got to do with it? Everything, according to Richard Isay's informed and illuminating look at the role of romance in modern gay life. I highly recommend this book for people of any generation and partnership status."--Dean H. Hamer, Ph. D., author of The Science of Desire and The God Gene"Richard Isay offers something far better than simple bromides and false hope. In this book, he challenges us with a provocative, illuminating, and ultimately hopeful look at ourselves and explains how those of us who yearn to love and be loved (and who doesn't?) can best find happiness and healing. Commitment and Healing: Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1: The Problem of Romantic Love Chapter 2: Why Is It Difficult to Need Love? Chapter 3: Love and Sex in Adult Gay Relationships Chapter 4: Falling in Love Chapter 5: Staying in Love Chapter 6: How Therapy Works Chapter 7: The Therapeutic Power of Love Epilogue Notes Index.