Understanding Why Opposites Attract: The Internet Dating Edge
Ross RosenbergHelen Fisher
This expert panel discusses why caregivers and care needers are automatically attracted to each other. This dynamic is crucial to understand when seeking a perfectly matched online partner, i.e. through Match.com or Eharmony.com. In extremes, why codependents and pathological narcissists complete the perfect broken relationship. Helen Fisher, the internationally renowned anthropologist, author, researcher Match.com advisor, Melanie Gorman, Marci Telander, Rhoberta Shaler share their point of view about opposite attraction.
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Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC, CSAT, is an international codependency, narcissism, trauma, and sex& love addictions expert who provides psychotherapy, training and consultation services.
Ross is a keynote speaker and trainer, presenting in 27 states and 3 countries. He owns Advanced Clinical Trainers and Clinical Care Consultants, an Arlington Heights IL counseling center. He wrote the best-selling book, "The Human Magnet Syndrome: Why We Love People Who Hurt Us."
Ross’s YouTube channel contains 75 instructional/educational videos, which have over 2.6 million views and amassed 24,000 subscribers. He has been on ABC Late Night, a ABC "Swiped" documentary, Fox News and WGN News. His work has been featured in the Chicago Tribune & Publishers Weekly and he blogs for The Huffington Post, PsychCentral.com & TheGoodMenProject.com.
