--- product_id: 50033733 title: "Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships" price: "S$34" currency: SGD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sg/products/50033733-hold-me-tight-your-guide-to-the-most-successful-approach store_origin: SG region: Singapore --- # 7 transformative conversations 75% success rate 20+ years of proven EFT science Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships **Price:** S$34 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ❤️ Unlock the science of lasting love and never settle for less! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships - **How much does it cost?** S$34 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sg](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/50033733-hold-me-tight-your-guide-to-the-most-successful-approach) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Clinically Proven Success:** Couples experience a 75% success rate with EFT, making it the gold standard in relationship therapy. - • **Accessible Expert Guidance:** Dr. Johnson’s compassionate, evidence-based roadmap empowers couples to nurture secure, lifelong love. - • **Holistic Relationship Growth:** Addresses emotional, sexual, and trauma-related challenges to build resilient, loving bonds. - • **Transformative Conversations:** Guides couples through 7 essential dialogues that de-escalate conflict and deepen intimacy. - • **Science-Backed Emotional Healing:** Developed over 20 years by Dr. Sue Johnson, this approach blends attachment theory with practical exercises for lasting connection. ## Overview Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson is a groundbreaking guide based on over 20 years of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) research, boasting a 75% success rate in strengthening couples’ emotional bonds. This book offers scientifically validated strategies, real-life case studies, and practical exercises to help couples navigate conflict, heal vulnerabilities, and build secure, loving relationships that enhance overall well-being. ## Description Developed by Dr Sue Johnson over 20 years ago and practised all over the world, EFT has been heralded by Time magazine and the New York Times as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success. Couples who use EFT see a 75 per cent success rate. The therapy programme focuses on the emotional connection of every relationship by de-escalating conflict, creating a safe emotional connection, and strengthening bonds between partners. In HOLD ME TIGHT, EFT pioneer Dr Sue Johnson presents her highly effective therapy model to the general public for the first time. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love. Review: A Compassionate Roadmap to Deeper Connection - Hold Me Tight is one of the most compassionate and insightful relationship books I’ve ever read. Dr. Sue Johnson blends science and soul, using attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to gently guide couples back to connection and emotional safety. Rather than offering surface-level fixes, this book gets to the heart of what we all long for—to be seen, understood, and securely loved. The real-life stories and seven conversations offer a powerful roadmap for navigating conflict, healing old wounds, and strengthening love. This isn’t just a book for couples in crisis—it’s for anyone who wants to build a deeper, more secure bond. Honest, tender, and transformative. A must-read. Review: Vulnerability and Intimacy as vital ingredients to life and relationships - Dr Sue Johnson is part of a movement in self-help books that are based on sound science and evidence. You could spend ages trawling through the plethora of self-help or start with a scientifically verified approach. Dr Johnson gives you that. Dr Johnson starts with the science of love and intimacy, referring to evidence that people who are in loving relationships have lower stress hormones and more resilient immune responses and are less at risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. She writes, " Contact with a loving partner literally acts as a buffer against shock, stress and pain. The people we love...are the hidden regulators of our bodily processes and our emotional lives" (pg 25). Lovingly secure relationships are vital to our health. At the heart of our well-being is an adult attachment need for loving connections akin to a child's attachment need. Our attachment need is fundamental to our psycho-physiological nature; we are social creatures. Dr Johnson focuses on first helping you to evaluate and become aware of the dances or patterns that maintain hurt between couples. She then supports your becoming curious and compassionate about your "raw spots" or "emotionally vulnerable" parts. Our vulnerable raw spots are the flashpoints that trigger irrational rows and deadening distance in our relationships. Getting to know our own and our partner's raw spots is the starting point for building a strong relationship. In awareness and compassion for our own and our partner's vulnerability, lies the building blocks of our strength. Dr Johnson leads you through various chapters on building love and closeness in various facets of your relationships, both emotional and sexual. She presents the process of learning about each other and growing together as a series of conversations suggesting that change can be ordinary and do-able, like a conversation, if you give it time. For some couples there may be an additional complication to overcome, namely the consequences of trauma. Dr Johnson dedicates a chapter to this, to help couples consider the additional challenges that healing from trauma brings. This book will offer vital sound advise and knowledge, but the trouble with all self-help is how to apply it to yourself and your relationships. Whilst Dr Johnson's readable and touching style goes a long way, for some this may be easier than others. What Dr Johnson highlights in this work however, is that healing and thriving happens through relationships. If you are struggling to apply the ideas in the book, it may be worth considering the caring support and professional guidance that a professional relationship with a trained therapist/psychologist can offer to you and/or your partner. ## Features - PIATKUS BOOKS ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 3,490 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 9 in Marriage Relationships 17 in Romantic Relationships 18 in Marriage | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,097 Reviews | ## Images ![Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71-Z1G1+5rL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Compassionate Roadmap to Deeper Connection *by L***R on 25 May 2025* Hold Me Tight is one of the most compassionate and insightful relationship books I’ve ever read. Dr. Sue Johnson blends science and soul, using attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to gently guide couples back to connection and emotional safety. Rather than offering surface-level fixes, this book gets to the heart of what we all long for—to be seen, understood, and securely loved. The real-life stories and seven conversations offer a powerful roadmap for navigating conflict, healing old wounds, and strengthening love. This isn’t just a book for couples in crisis—it’s for anyone who wants to build a deeper, more secure bond. Honest, tender, and transformative. A must-read. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vulnerability and Intimacy as vital ingredients to life and relationships *by D***K on 24 March 2014* Dr Sue Johnson is part of a movement in self-help books that are based on sound science and evidence. You could spend ages trawling through the plethora of self-help or start with a scientifically verified approach. Dr Johnson gives you that. Dr Johnson starts with the science of love and intimacy, referring to evidence that people who are in loving relationships have lower stress hormones and more resilient immune responses and are less at risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. She writes, " Contact with a loving partner literally acts as a buffer against shock, stress and pain. The people we love...are the hidden regulators of our bodily processes and our emotional lives" (pg 25). Lovingly secure relationships are vital to our health. At the heart of our well-being is an adult attachment need for loving connections akin to a child's attachment need. Our attachment need is fundamental to our psycho-physiological nature; we are social creatures. Dr Johnson focuses on first helping you to evaluate and become aware of the dances or patterns that maintain hurt between couples. She then supports your becoming curious and compassionate about your "raw spots" or "emotionally vulnerable" parts. Our vulnerable raw spots are the flashpoints that trigger irrational rows and deadening distance in our relationships. Getting to know our own and our partner's raw spots is the starting point for building a strong relationship. In awareness and compassion for our own and our partner's vulnerability, lies the building blocks of our strength. Dr Johnson leads you through various chapters on building love and closeness in various facets of your relationships, both emotional and sexual. She presents the process of learning about each other and growing together as a series of conversations suggesting that change can be ordinary and do-able, like a conversation, if you give it time. For some couples there may be an additional complication to overcome, namely the consequences of trauma. Dr Johnson dedicates a chapter to this, to help couples consider the additional challenges that healing from trauma brings. This book will offer vital sound advise and knowledge, but the trouble with all self-help is how to apply it to yourself and your relationships. Whilst Dr Johnson's readable and touching style goes a long way, for some this may be easier than others. What Dr Johnson highlights in this work however, is that healing and thriving happens through relationships. If you are struggling to apply the ideas in the book, it may be worth considering the caring support and professional guidance that a professional relationship with a trained therapist/psychologist can offer to you and/or your partner. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant *by H***R on 10 November 2013* This is an excellent book, based on the ideas of adult attachment in relationships. It s a very accessible book if you re looking for ways of being more connected in your relationship and to explore ways of breaking unhelpful patterns. ## Frequently Bought Together - Hold Me Tight: Your Guide to the Most Successful Approach to Building Loving Relationships - The Hold Me Tight Workbook: A Couple's Guide for a Lifetime of Love (The Dr. Sue Johnson Collection, 4) - Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love (The Dr. Sue Johnson Collection, 1) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sg/products/50033733-hold-me-tight-your-guide-to-the-most-successful-approach](https://www.desertcart.sg/products/50033733-hold-me-tight-your-guide-to-the-most-successful-approach) --- *Product available on Desertcart Singapore* *Store origin: SG* *Last updated: 2026-09-19*