F
or
anyone
who's
moderately
tech-savvy,
a
potential
love
match
is
now
only
a
few
clicks
or
a
swipe
away.
Websites
like
Spir-
itual
Singles,
OkCupid,
PlentyOfFish
and
Match.com,
and
dating
apps
like
Tinder,
Bum-
ble
and
Hinge
offer
a
seemingly
endless
stream
of
romantic
interests.
Is
all
that
choice
actually
helpful?
Is
it
even
good
for
us?
Stan
Tatkin,
PsyD,
MFT,
a
Calabasas-based
couples
therapist
and
assistant
clinical
professor
at
UCLA,
shares
his
thoughts
on
how
technology
can
help—or
hinder—efforts
to
fi
nd
love.
Dr.
Tatkin
has
writ-
ten
several
books
on
healthy
relationships,
in-
cluding
his
most
recent,
Wired
for
Dating:
How
Understanding
Neurobiology
and
Attachment
Style
Can
Help
You
Find
Your
Ideal
Mate
(New
Harbinger).
What
makes
somebody
an
ideal
mate?
Are
there
things
to
look
out
for
early
on?
An
ideal
mate,
at
least
in
one
regard,
is
somebody
who
believes
in
the
same
things
you
do
in
terms
of
how
the
By
Lisa
Beebe
Click,
Swipe...
Kiss?
THE
CHALLENGE
OF
FINDING
TRUE
LOVE
ONLINE
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