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With 22% of the general population having an ACE score of 3 or higher, Dr. Vincent Felitti has said that there aren't enough therapists for the millions of people who need help, nor can they all afford it. Here's an interesting story from NPR about how Harville Hendrix, author of "Getting the Love You Want" and several other self-help books, is trying to do something about that.
At a church in South Dallas, in one of the poorest parts of town, the room is packed with hundreds of couples. They're sitting, holding hands and staring into each other's eyes.
Their hosts, multi-millionaire couple Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, are on a mission: to save marriages. They're trying to saturate the city with relationship counseling at workshops like this one, aiming to reach couples who wouldn't or couldn't otherwise afford to attend conventional marriage counseling.
...Hendrix, 78, is a silver-haired self-help guru who has sold millions of books that dissect why couples fight. Now he and Hunt, his wife, are traveling to schools and places of worship across Dallas, giving free marriage workshops in English and Spanish.
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/31/317434060/one-wealthy-couples-mission-to-save-marriages-en-masse
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