The Love Test: Enrich Your Love Life, Increase Your Potential for Fulfilling Intimacy

by Harold Bessell

A psychotherapist defines the magic of romance - based on clinical research and a thirty-year practice - including a diagnostic questionnaire for lovers. This is the book that can save a marriage or rescue a faltering relationship with this unique and remarkable questionnaire that actually measures the strength of romantic attraction between lovers.

204 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1988

Reviews

[Jack Carney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than Gottman or Harley, this is the book you want to read and engage. Do the two tests, both you and your partner, and find out your romantic attraction level and emotional maturity rating.
No matter that it was published in 1984, in 2022, if you had only one book to learn from and guide you in creating and maintaining a mature "Whole Great Love"--what Bessel terms a "Type One" couple--this is the one. Find a copy and experience its wisdom.
And if you want help to use Bessel’s wisdom well, check out my Pairing Today website for mature "Pairings For Life”: www.pairingtoday.com and email me for a free get-to-know-you Zoom meeting. Jack, your Pairing Today For Life Tutor: responsiblyfree@protonmail.com
"For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation." Rainer Marie Rilke

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this read by the roadside and picked it up for some leisure reading and thoroughly enjoyed it. I believe that there’s nothing new under the sun and this book has some really good insight that I think are still relevant and will be in any romantic relationship. Highly recommend.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

Though it had some good pointers and standard advice it felt a little outdated. I did learn a thing or 2 but I wasn't impressed and think there are better books out there.