Ever wonder why your self-control, rationality, and compassion appear to venture out the window when coping with your partner? Lovers therapist and psychiatrist Steven Stosny explains it all in this revelatory reserve about the divide between our adult and our young child brains. All too often, conflict inside our personal interactions reactivates our least-regulated ‘toddler’ side, offering an instinctive desire to say our own method and make everything a zero-sum game. Dr. Stosny displays just how toward overcoming these damaging impulses and nurturing our more loving and clear-eyed inclinations. Sketching upon his decades of experience in dealing with troubled relationships, he distills his insights into an actionable guide for embracing our greatest impulses in our relationships.

Power Like is a very important guide for married and live-in couples who struggle with an unhealthy dynamic; those currently in individual or couples therapy who want a highly effective aid to help them communicate with their partner; and licensed therapists and advisors looking for an in-depth perspective in the developmental levels in play with romantic relationship strife.