Couples and Change (Psychology Revivals)

Barbara Jo Brothers

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317600329
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

First published in 1996, this enlightening book about facilitating therapeutic change within the couple relationship opens with a transcript of one of a series of lectures by Virginia Satir. It presents readers with Satir's observations – observations that show the difference between thinking with systems in mind and thinking linearly – of process, interrelatedness and attitudes. Readers will find these and the observations of contributors that follow full of practical application potential.

In this title the editor brings together contributors who show how to affect change in couples by explaining dynamics of the male/female relationship and by expanding upon the roles of the therapist. Specifically, contributors give readers information about:

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• Male/female relationships over a 30, 000-year history and how history may have affected present day relationships between men and women

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• Therapists as merely resource providers who facilitate self-discovery and self-solutions

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• The necessity of marital therapy in maintaining stability and change from both systemic-interpersonal and intrapersonal perspectives

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• Psychodynamic, affective and insight-oriented, marital therapy

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• The consultative conversation model and its relationship to the change process in couples therapy

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• Fostering change of psychological (emotional and verbal) abuse

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• Why women leave abusive relationships

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• The use of a specific physical posture for assessing a couple's interactive style

Therapists who work with couples will keep Couples and Change within reach and refer to it often as they help couples develop more healthy, satisfying relationships.

Index

Page numbers followed by t indicate tables; page numbers in italics indicate figures.

Abandonment fears, 70, 71, 75

Abuse in childhood, case study of experiential discovery, 58–61

Abusive relationships

physical abuse, 149–152

attachment and self-esteem, 152–153

Battered Woman Syndrome, 152

incidence of abuse, 149–150

reasons for staying, 151

returning to, 150, 151–152

psychological abuse, 131–145

assessing safety, 139–141

assessing willingness to change, 141–142

intervention strategies, 142–145

physical abuse and, 131–134

psychological aggression and, 132–133

recognizing, 135–139

research on, 134–135

women leaving

beliefs, 161, 163, 173

case examples, 165–167

danger in, 163–173

distancing, 161–162

hobbies and interests, 161, 163, 173

intrapersonal and environmental factors in, 153–156

learned resourcefulness, 165

parental relationship, 158–160, 162, 172

research issues, 156–158, 167–170

self-esteem, 164

support system, 160–161, 162–165, 172, 173

Ackerman, R., 153, 154, 162

Actions, in Imago Therapy, 22–24, 26–28

Active clients in therapy, 42–46

Active listening, 28

Adam and Eve, 17

Affectional bonds, 67–68

Affective-cognitive dichotomy, 48

Affective surrender in empathy, 26–28

Affective systemic emotionally focused therapy, 87–89

Age of Reason, 21–22

Aggression an...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• About the Editor
• Ways of Viewing the World: Explanation of Events, Attitude Toward Change
• Styles of Thinking: Comment on Virginia Satir's "Ways of Viewing the World"
• To What End: Couples Therapy
• Are We Running Away from Change?
• Comment on "Are We Running Away from Change?"
• An Experiential View of Change in Couples Therapy
• Stability and Change: Understanding Anxiety in Marital Therapy from an Attachment Theory Perspective
• Couples Therapy Outcome Research: A Review
• Individual and Relational Changes Seven Years After Couples Therapy
• Consultative Conversations: The Change Process in Couples Therapy
• Comment on "Consultative Conversations: The Change Process in Couples Therapy"
• Fostering Change of Psychologically Abusive Behavior in Couples
• The Stories and Strengths of Women Who Leave Battering Relationships
• The Embodied Couple: Posture Change as an Assessment Tool
• Index