Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples

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eBook - ePub

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples

About this book

Relationships take work. In this much-anticipated book, best-selling author Matthew McKay and psychologist Avigail Lev present the ten most common relationship schemas, and provide an evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) treatment protocol for professionals to help clients overcome the barriers that hold them back in their relationships.

Romantic relationships are a huge challenge for many of us, as evidenced by our high divorce rates. But what is it that causes so much pain and discord in many relationships? In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples, Matthew McKay and Avigail Lev provide the first ACT-based treatment protocol for couples that identifies the ten most common relationship schemasā€”and the coping behaviors they driveā€”to help you guide clients through their pain and toward solutions that reflect the needs and values of the couple.

Rather than working to stop relationship schemas from being triggered or to reduce schema pain, you'll be able to help your clients observe and name what triggers their rigid coping behaviors when their schemas are activated. And by learning new skills when they're triggered, your clients will be able to replace avoidant and coping behaviors with values-based action for the betterment of the relationship.

By making your clients' avoidant behavior the target of treatmentā€” as opposed to their thoughts and beliefsā€”this skills-based guide provides the tools you need to help your clients change how they respond to their partner.

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Yes, you can access Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples by McKay, Matthew, Lev, Avigail in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Social Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Context Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781626254800
eBook ISBN
9781626254824
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Social Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Forewordv
  4. Introduction1
  5. 1 Where Couple Conflicts Start5
  6. 2 Learning About Schemas11
  7. 3 Schema Coping Behaviors and the Role of Avoidance33
  8. 4 Values Clarification for Couples50
  9. 5 Identifying Barriers to Values-Based Actions and Recognizing Moments of Choice82
  10. 6 Cognitive Barriers to Values-Based Actions91
  11. 7 Emotional Barriers to Values-Based Actions108
  12. 8 Skill Deficits as Barriers to Values-Based Actions124
  13. 9 Values-Based Problem Solving158
  14. 10 Perspective Taking167
  15. 11 Session Structure: The Eight-Step Protocol178
  16. Appendix A: Research Outcomes190
  17. Appendix B: Couples Schema Questionnaire191
  18. Appendix C: ACT for Couples Session Dialogue197
  19. Appendix D: Handouts211
  20. References241
  21. Index245