A keen observer of couples’ interactions, Judith Brown captures with warmth and humor how the characters in these age-old folk-tales create their predicaments — for better or for worse. She points out the repetitious interactions: the ogre’s “fee fie foe fum” in Jack and the Beanstalk;” the fisherman’s insatiable wife demanding more and more; the queen who must spin straw into gold for the king who wants more and more. They may remind us of

people we know, even of ourselves sometimes, with our  repetitive patterns.  Luckily we are not captives of someone’s imagination; we have awareness and potential to step out of our roles.  To help the reader do just this each chapter includes evocative questions and awareness experiences for couples who are open to new experiences: for more fulfilling contact with themselves and each other.

Judith R. Brown, Ph.D. is known internationally for her work with couples.  Her teaching and practice in Gestalt therapy have provided a model and source of inspiration for lay people and professionals alike during her 40 year career as a teacher, lecturer, writer, and psychotherapist.  Recently widowed, she was married to pionebvc ering Gestaltist George Brown for almost 63 years.