An ideal supplemental text, this instructive casebook presents in-depth illustrations of treatment based on the most important couple therapy models. An array of leading clinicians offer a window onto how they work with clients grappling with mild and more serious clinical concerns, including conflicts surrounding intimacy, sex, power, and communication; parenting issues; and mental illness. Featuring couples of varying ages, cultural backgrounds, and sexual orientations, the cases shed light on both what works and what doesn't work when treating intimate partners. Each candid case presentation includes engaging comments and discussion questions from the editor. See also Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fourth Edition, also edited by Alan S. Gurman, which provides an authoritative overview of theory and practice.
This authoritative handbook provides a definitive overview of the theory and practice of couple therapy.
Regarded as the authoritative reference and text, this handbook presents the most effective, widely studied approaches to couple therapy.
New to This Edition *Chapters on additional clinical approaches: acceptance and commitment therapy, mentalization-based therapy, intergenerational therapy, socioculturally attuned therapy, and the therapeutic palette approach. *Chapters on ...
"Regarded as the authoritative reference and text, this handbook presents the most effective, widely studied approaches to couple therapy.
This insightful edited volume is suitable for a wide spectrum of readers, including couple and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, pastoral counselors, educators, and graduate students.
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 ...
Self-soothing and other-soothing in emotion-focused therapy for couples. In A.S. Gurman (Ed.), Clinical casebook of couple therapy (pp. 255–280). New York: Guilford Press Gollan, J.K., Friedman, M.A. & Miller, I. W. (2002).
This includes work on different approaches to couples therapy, adapting couples therapy to the needs of couples in which one partner has significant individual psychopathology, working with just one partner, responding to crises initiated ...
Making explicit connections between theory and practice, this outstanding collection of 14 full-length cases reflects the gamut of difficulties therapists typically encounter with couples, such as intimacy, jealousy, distance conflicts, and ...
How would you handle these situations? Check your expertise against the approaches presented here! This fascinating collection shows how a practicing therapist handled clients stuck in the therapeutic process.