Moral Development in Couple Therapy

A New Approach to Kohlberg's Stages

Steven I. Ries

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781138678118
• eBook ISBN: 9781317194071
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This innovative text utilizes Kohlberg's stages of moral development, demonstrating how they can be effectively applied to couple and marriage therapy.

Facilitating moral stage development has been found to improve couples' ability to relate to one another, enhancing trust, transparency, communication, and intimacy. Based on empirical research and Kohlberg's classic stages of development, the book showcases the Conceptual Template, a tool for therapists to guide their clients in thinking more objectively about the reality being experienced, their own subjectivity, and how to work together as a couple to mindfully solve problems. With an extensive Instructional Manual as well as a transcript of the author teaching the Conceptual Template process to a therapist, Moral Development in Couple Therapy illustrates a highly practical approach to counseling that helps couples achieve a more rational level of moral judgment and reasoning.

Filled with practical case studies and written in an accessible manner, this text is an indispensable resource for couple therapists and other mental health professionals working with couples to resolve conflict.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of tables
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Author’s Note
• Introduction
• 1. The Science Of Morality
• 2. The Underlying Psychodynamics and Interactions of Adult Pre-conventional (Stages 1 and/or 2) with Conventional (Stage 3) Moral Reasoning: A Clinical and Behavioral Perspective
• 3. Typical Interactions Of Couples Conventional In Moral Judgment/Reasoning
• 4. Historical Events of the 1960s and 1970s Affecting Moral Development
• 5. Post–Conventional Moral Development Facilitated through the Implementation of the Conceptual Template
• 6. Subjectivity and Objectivity Moral Reasoning: Review
• 7. Cognition: Subjectivity and/or Relativity and Objectivity
• 8. Clinically Identifying Moral Subjectivism/Relativism through Implementing Moral Dilemmas
• 9. Organization of the Conceptual Template
• 10. Universal Conceptual Template Program
• 11. A Conceptual Template for Facilitating Critical Thinking and Ethical Reasoning: Practitioners’ Instruction Manual
• 12. Transcript of Author Teaching the Conceptual Template
• 13. Discussion
• 14. Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index