Do you see the past through a rosy filter that makes it seem like Paradise Lost? Are you
convinced that traffic lights always turn red for you? Do you have to win (so as not to lose)?
After extricating yourself from a bad relationship do you find another partner just like the
previous one? If so congratulations! You have the makings of an unhappiness expert. With the
techniques in this book you can raise yourself to the genius level. A word of warning
however. Along the way you may begin to ask yourself How did I manage to turn myself into my
own worst enemy? Fortunately this tongue-in-cheek (but serious) volume takes a look at that
question too. Special attention is given to such topics as Four Games with the Past
Self-fulfilling Prophecies and Why Would Anybody Love Me? Those who believe that the search
for happiness will eventually lead to happiness will find much to ponder in the section Beware
of Arriving. All readers will be both amused and startled to find themselves in these pages
but there is a special delight and enlightenment for therapists and counselors. Although the
author does not officially admit it the book is one complex symptom prescription a
therapeutic double bind as described and practiced by him and his colleagues.
