Love Addiction Workbook: Evidence-Based Tools to Support Recovery and Help You Build Healthy Long-Term Relationships Paperback – July 20, 2021

For those of us, who can't afford therapy. I think that this book is a good option. It is helping me see the behaviors that have gotten me into the messes that I've been in and what's likely the root cause of the problem. This book is also aiding me in retraining my brain. I think that this book is great place to start for anyone who struggles with romantic relationships.

This book literally was the catalyst to block someone I had unrequited feelings for and was addicted to. I need the push to get over him and this book helped tremendously

Very useful and helpful

The Love Addiction Workbook is a thorough collection of exercises that will assist in recovery of love addiction and help you in building healthier relationships. I really enjoy self-help books, and find that love addiction is a topic that has not really been fully covered in other books I have read. As someone that has had a few dysfunctional relationships- I was intrigued to see what this workbook had to offer as a path to healthier interactions for people that have had similar experiences. The book has a diverse collection of exercises for the reader to do that mostly involve journaling or introspection. Dr. Samuels takes the theories from psychology, such as CBT and naming feelings, and applies them to the specific problems that are present in love addiction. Each idea has a simple explanation and an accompanying exercise, that he calls a "deep dive" to help you get to know yourself and your motivations better. Samuels is knowledgeable in his field, and the fact that he is speaking from personal experience lends even more authority to his words. While I do think the book and its contents are overly positive, I have to point out that I wasn't a fan of the organization. This is largely a personal preference- but I prefer to read the lesson, so to speak, in each chapter and then have the exercises at the end of the chapter. This way it allows me to understand why I am doing each exercise and how it fits into the grand scheme of what I am trying to accomplish. I felt like several of the chapters had very little in the way of information and were instead full of exercises that may be hard to interpret without the help of a therapist. They were all good exercises- but once you write out everything- I wasn't sure what to do with the information and few examples were given on how to interpret it. I feel like the workbook needs to have a companion book that gives more of the deeper explanation and goes into greater detail on each topic as well as giving more examples. I have seen that setup with other self help books- a book and workbook that go together- and was somewhat surprised that this is a stand alone product. The workbook is lacking in case studies and examples- the few that were provided, I felt were inadequate to fully get the point across. A companion book could flesh out case studies to assist the reader in interpretation of their own journaling and introspection. Overall, I would give this workbook 3.5 stars. If there were a companion book that had more detail and depth- it would be a 5 star rating. I am glad to see this important topic getting attention- so this is a positive review. I do recommend this workbook for use with a therapist or if you are well versed in self help/introspection/psychology already.

This is an excellent book for people who seem to be constantly drifting from relationship to relationship and prioritizing the wrong kind of people in their lives. My sister is one of those people who just can't seem to spend any time alone and is constantly longing for a partner, yet she attracts/is attracted to people who are just the absolute worst. I ordered this book for her in hopes it might have a few tips or some self-care advice to help her work on herself, set standards, and be comfortable with herself.I am really impressed with the information, worksheets, exercises and general advice in this book. It's not just canned reminders to love yourself and platitudes about your value, it's a truly broken down and analyzed account of how and why our brains, once damaged by relationships, tend to repeat the cycle of disappointment and seemingly find the same troubles again and again despite being lonely and very motivated to partner up with another person. There are some very difficult questions in here and plenty of things that will, or at least SHOULD, make you genuinely stop and think about the choices you might be making and the way you've conditioned yourself to respond to kindness or, worse, toxic behaviors.That being said, this book hasn't helped or changed my sister any, because no matter how much advice someone else gives you or how many other people want to help you see your worth and make better choices, only YOU can take the steps to go forward on your journey. Some people truly do become addicted not only to love, but to the attention others are forced to give them when yet another seemingly-perfect person comes into the picture only for that fifteen-minute "relationship" to go terribly awry. It's very difficult to pull someone out of a fantasy world when they have built it to be as comfortable as possible for themselves.I absolutely would suggest this book and I would say especially if you feel resistant to it and want to turn your nose up at it, because it's advice you probably DO need to hear. Whether you take it or not is up to you, but at the very least I think the information in here is something everyone should expose themselves to especially if they find themselves in a pattern of failed relationships again and again. Highly recommended.