I Don't Want You to Leave: Why Can't You Change

"I don't want you to leave... but I don't know how to make you stay."

If you've ever found yourself whispering those words-or thinking them through tears-you're not alone.

In I Don't Want You to Leave: Why Can't You Change?, Licensed Family Therapist Chris Vella brings decades of experience counseling couples through the heartbreak of broken trust, miscommunication, and unmet expectations.

Whether you're hanging by a thread or simply feeling more like roommates than partners, this book is your roadmap back to connection, communication, and hope.

Through real-life stories, step-by-step strategies, and compassionate truth-telling, Chris Vella helps you:

• Understand what's really driving your conflict-and why the same fights keep happening.
• Break the toxic cycles of blame, silence, and resentment that are killing your intimacy.
• Learn how to communicate to be heard, not just to win.
• Rediscover emotional safety, rebuild trust, and rekindle love.
• Decide with clarity whether your relationship can be restored-and how to begin the healing.

With wisdom, empathy, and practical tools that work in real life, Chris guides you to stop saying, "Why can't you change?"-and start asking, "What can we change together?"

If your heart says, "I don't want you to leave," this book shows you that love-real, lasting, growing love-can still have the final word.