File Format | PDF
File Size | 3.83 MB
Pages | 506
Language | English
Category | Psychology
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Description: The essential guide to successful couples
therapy at every stage of the lifecycle
A variety of therapeutic
interventions can help couples develop the tools for a successful relationship.
Yet many practitioners begin seeing couples without extensive training in
couples work. To fill this gap in their therapeutic repertoires, noted couples
therapist Michele Harway brings together other well-known experts in marriage
and family therapy to offer the Handbook of Couples Therapy, a comprehensive
guide to the study and practice of couples therapy.
The book's
chapters provide a variety of perspectives along developmental, theoretical,
and situational lines. Recognizing the need for clinically proven,
evidence-based approaches, chapters provide detailed coverage of the most
effective treatment modes. Couples at different stages of the lifecycle feature
prominently in the text, as do relevant special issues and treatment approaches
for each stage.
Subjects covered include:
Premarital
counseling from the PAIRS perspective (an extensive curriculum of interventions
for premarital couples)
The first years
of marital commitment
Couples with
young children
Couples with
adolescents
Therapy with
older couples
Same sex couples
A variety of
theoretical approaches, including Cognitive-Behavioral, Object Relational,
Narrative, Integrative, and Feminist and Contextual
Special issues
and situations, including serious illness, physical aggression, addiction,
infidelity, and religious/spiritual commitments or conflicts
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Handbook of Couples Therapy