Why Do I Keep Choosing The Wrong Partner

A Guided Workbook by Pierre Hooten, MSW, LCSW


Stop dating the same person in a different body. If you keep feeling toward familiar partners—even when you know better—this workbook was written for you.

Created by a licensed therapist, this 63-page guided workbook helps you recognize 'familiar' emotional pulls, pause before you react, and practice choosing differently in real life—without forcing yourself or overanalyzing every move.

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This Workbook Is For You If...

Any of This Sounds Familiar?

You keep asking yourself why you always end up in the same kind of relationship, even when the people look different.

  • You feel drawn to people who are inconsistent, emotionally unavailable, or unclear about what they want

  • Things start strong, fast, or intense, and then slowly become confusing

  • You notice red flags early, but talk yourself out of them

  • You feel anxious, preoccupied, or over-attached faster than you want to

  • You stay longer than you planned, hoping things will change

  • You leave relationships feeling drained, disappointed, or blaming yourself

  • You tell yourself, “I should know better by now,” but the pattern keeps repeating

This isn’t about having bad judgment.

And it’s not because you’re broken, needy, or “too much.”

It’s about repeating a familiar emotional pattern, often without realizing when or why it takes over.

Why You Keep Choosing the Same Kind of Person

If you’ve ever said, “I don’t understand how I ended up here again,” you’re not alone.

Most people do not consciously choose the wrong partner.

They choose what feels familiar.

That pull toward certain people often has nothing to do with logic, compatibility, or readiness. It comes from emotional patterns that form long before dating even begins. Patterns that quietly shape who feels exciting, safe, or hard to walk away from.

This is why insight alone does not change your dating life.

  • You can understand attachment styles.

  • You can know your boundaries.

  • You can promise yourself you’ll choose differently next time.

And still find yourself drawn to the same type of person.

This workbook helps you slow down that process.

Instead of asking “Why am I like this?” it helps you notice what is happening in real time. What you feel pulled toward. What you override. What you rush past. And what signals you miss when things start to feel familiar again.

From there, it gives you space to practice something new without forcing it, overthinking it, or pretending you feel different than you do.

Change doesn’t happen because you think harder.

It happens because you pause long enough to choose differently.

That’s what this workbook is designed to help you do.

How This Workbook Actually Helps

This workbook doesn’t tell you who to date or what red flags to memorize.

It helps you catch yourself right before you do the thing you always do.

The part where:

    •    you start thinking about them more than you want to

    •    you feel pulled in even though something feels off

    •    you want reassurance, clarity, or closeness now

    •    you can feel yourself getting attached faster than you planned

Instead of spiraling or ignoring it, this workbook helps you slow down in that exact moment.

You’ll learn how to:

    •    notice what’s happening as it’s happening

    •    stay grounded when the connection feels intense

    •    stop overthinking every text, pause, or interaction

    •    make choices that feel calmer and more self-respecting

The goal isn’t to change your personality.

It’s to help you stop getting swept up before you even realize it’s happening — and give yourself a real chance to choose differently.

If You’re Tired of Repeating the Same Story

You’re probably not here because dating is “hard.”

You’re here because you’re tired of ending up in the same place with different people.

You tell yourself it’ll be different this time.

You notice the red flags later than you wanted to.

You feel yourself getting attached before trust is actually built.

And when it ends, you’re left wondering how you got here again.

This workbook isn’t about blaming yourself for that.

It’s about helping you slow down enough to see what’s actually happening while you’re in it, not months later when you’re exhausted or hurt.

  • You don’t need more advice.

  • You don’t need to “try harder.”

  • You don’t need to overanalyze every interaction.

You need a way to pause, get clear, and respond differently when it matters.

That’s what this workbook is designed to help you do.

  • No Pressure. 

  • No Force.

  • No Fixing Yourself. 

Just honest reflection, practical awareness, and space to choose differently, at your own pace.

If that sounds like what you’ve been looking for, you don’t need to wait until the next situation proves the point again.

You can start now.