I Love You! How Can You Be in a Relationship Without Losing Yourself?

Text adapted from the archive of a Good Company event.

Is it enough that we are together, that we feel good, have a lot of sex, share a nice apartment and beautiful holidays? Does that guarantee that we will successfully meet the challenges of our life together? Yes, all of this may be true for you, yet there is also a hidden dynamic in relationships, one connected to our spiritual aspirations and to how much they are supported within the couple.

“There are no escape routes, no hidden doors and no shortcuts. Relationship really means work!” - Claus Kostka

CLAUS KOSTKA is a therapist with 30 years of experience working with various methods, including body psychotherapy, systemic constellation work (family constellations), family therapy, couples counseling and art therapy. Born in 1955 in Germany, Claus is married and the father of four children.

Licensed in Germany as a psychotherapist (Heilpraktiker), he is recognized by the Romanian Federation of Psychotherapy as a psychotherapist and trainer, and by the German Association for Systemic Constellations as a constellation facilitator. He leads his own seminars and offers individual therapy and counseling sessions in Germany, Canada, France, England and Romania.

Claus writes with humor and wisdom about the period that follows falling in love, a period that sometimes already carries the seed of failure, because lovers do not know how to handle the problems and difficulties that inevitably arise.

More about his work at: www.clauskostka.de