Loving and Being Loved: Commitment Implications

Abstract

Each person has a personal way of receiving and oppressing the experience of being in love. It is based on modeling and personal decisions stemming from family of origin, coupled with personal wants, needs, and values. This article adapts Sam Keen’s (1997) To Love and Be Loved to assist couples in examining their respective personal histories of love after describing objectrelations theory. Relationship commitment implications then are explored by means of an experiential activity.