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"Hold Me Tight" Book Review
Daniel Crosby • November 20, 2024
“Hold me Tight” by Dr. Sue Johnson is one of your go-to books if you’re struggling in your marriage and you want a good read that is going to give you some deep yet practical work to help untangle the web of your fights. This book is NOT fluff.

Dr. Johnson is the pioneer of EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) that so many couples therapists use in their offices.

This approach is centered around walking through several conversations to get the couple to recognize their negative cycles and then reconnect using attachment needs. Here are the 7 conversations.

1. Recognizing Demon Dialogues 

2. Finding the Raw Spots 

3. Revisiting a Rocky Moment 

4. Hold Me Tight® 

5. Forgiving Injuries

6. Bonding Through Sex and Touch 

7. Keeping Your Love Alive 

If you nerd out of learning about this stuff like me and you want some material to chew on and maybe understand why your marriage tends to go through the same cycles then grab this one. “Hold me Tight” by Dr. Sue Johnson.

One more thing: “Hold me Tight” is a secular book but Dr. Johnson released a Christian version of the same book called “Created for Connection.” It is nearly identical with ties to scripture for the Christian couple who likes a biblical take on getting help for a marriage.
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