This episode explores newly published research on Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy (IRT), examining how the Gift of Love functions as a measurable mechanism of change in high-acuity clinical cases. Dr. Ken Critchfield and Dr. Eliza Stucker-Rozovsky discuss therapist adherence, interpersonal patterns, developmental trauma, and why clients with longstanding personality disorder symptoms can improve when treatment aligns with their underlying attachment-based motivations. This conversation offers clinicians a grounded, relational understanding of symptom meaning, case formulation, and stages of change within the IRT model.