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Steven Stosny, Ph.D.

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Steven Stosny, Ph.D., is the founder of CompassionPower in suburban Washington, DC. Dr. Steven Stosny's most recent books are Empowered Love and Soar Above: How to Use the Most Profound Part of Your Brain under Any Kind of Stress. He has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Today Show," "CBS Sunday Morning," and CNN's "Talkback Live" and "Anderson Cooper 360" and has been the subject of articles in, The New York Times, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, O, Psychology Today, AP, Reuters, and USA Today. He has offered hundreds of workshops all over the world and has presented at most of the leading professional conferences. A consultant in family violence for the Prince George's County Circuit and District courts, as well as for several mental health agencies in Maryland and Virginia, he has treated over 6,000 clients for various forms of resentment, anger, abuse, and violence. He has taught at the University of Maryland and at St. Mary's College of Maryland.

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Love and Temperament

Love styles reflect how much interest, enjoyment, compassion, trust, love, guilt, shame, and abandonment anxiety people are likely to experience in love relationships.

Love styles reflect how much interest, enjoyment, compassion, trust, love, guilt, shame, and abandonment anxiety people are likely to experience in love relationships.

Feeling Love in Loving Relationships

Avoid the trap of “When I feel more love, I’ll behave in more loving ways.” You won’t feel more love until you behave in more loving ways.

Avoid the trap of “When I feel more love, I’ll behave in more loving ways.” You won’t feel more love until you behave in more loving ways.

Is Your Partner Selfish?

We’re hypersensitive to partners acting selfishly but hardly aware when we are.

We’re hypersensitive to partners acting selfishly but hardly aware when we are.

Compassionate Assertiveness and Behavior Change in Love

The goal of negotiation is to arrive at something you both can feel OK about, with no one feeling taken advantage of or disregarded.

The goal of negotiation is to arrive at something you both can feel OK about, with no one feeling taken advantage of or disregarded.

After Couples Therapy

Maintaining gains is a problem with all forms of therapy, especially couples therapy. Insight is a function of the reflective brain, but the autopilot brain manages routine.

Maintaining gains is a problem with all forms of therapy, especially couples therapy. Insight is a function of the reflective brain, but the autopilot brain manages routine.

Self-Interest and Humane Values

Humane values sensitize us to others, especially loved ones. They keep us from being self-obsessed and narcissistic.

Humane values sensitize us to others, especially loved ones. They keep us from being self-obsessed and narcissistic.