Their names are Alicia and Jonathan. In 2019, this couple in their thirties entered the office of marriage therapist and sexologist Cecilia Como. Lovers do not come to repair relationships damaged by betrayal, nor to restore broken contact. Happy and in love, they are about to move in together and have a request for a professional to give them the keys to perfect marital bliss.
This request inspired Cecilia Como to write her book There is no such thing as a perfect couple (1), which will be published on Wednesday, January 26. The psychoanalyst destroys the myth of the ideal relationship, which is transmitted by movies, novels or even social networks, and which harms us. “No user manual”, the author emphasizes from the beginning. On the contrary, it invites you to ignore instructions and, above all, to love yourself in all your imperfection.
The vision of the perfect couple
Mrs. Figaro. –What does the perfect couple look like in your patients’ imaginations?
Cecilia COMO. – It’s about…
Source: Le Figaro
