Doing Couple Therapy
eBook - ePub

Doing Couple Therapy

Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners

  1. 292 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Doing Couple Therapy

Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners

About this book

Now thoroughly revised, this practical, user-friendly guide has helped thousands of novice couple therapists and students to navigate the challenges of clinical work with couples in conflict. Robert Taibbi presents effective strategies for rapidly identifying a couple's core issues and conducting each stage of therapy, from the first sessions to termination. Rich with sensitive case material, the book features end-of-chapter exercises that help readers identify and develop their own strengths as practitioners. Appendices include reproducible client handouts that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

New to This Edition
*Three chapters offering detailed treatment maps for common couple problems, with new case examples.
*Chapter on the middle stages of treatment.
*Increased attention to the all-important opening sessions.
*Sharper focus on the three major obstacles to couple success: poor communication, emotional wounds, and differing visions.
*Reproducible client handouts explaining key techniques.

See also the author's Doing Family Therapy, Fourth Edition: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice.

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Information

Publisher
The Guilford Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781462530168
Edition
2
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Psychiatry & Mental Health
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Also By Robert Taibb
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the Author
  6. Preface
  7. Contents
  8. Chapter 1. Into the Fray: Theoretical Foundation and Overview
  9. Chapter 2. The Basics: Clinical Goals and Tasks
  10. Chapter 3. Relationship Obstacle 1: Poor Communication Skills
  11. Chapter 4. Relationship Obstacles 2 and 3: Emotional Wounds and Differing Visions
  12. Chapter 5. Beginnings: Structure and Tasks
  13. Chapter 6. Beginnings in Action
  14. Chapter 7. Middle Stages
  15. Chapter 8. Termination
  16. Chapter 9. The Developmental Landscape
  17. Chapter 10. Treatment Maps for Common Couple Problems: Affairs, Money Issues, and Violent or Volatile Couples
  18. Chapter 11. Treatment Maps for Common Couple Problems: Sexual Issues, “Stale” Relationships, and Extended Family Issues
  19. Chapter 12. Treatment Maps for Common Child-Related Problems
  20. Chapter 13. One Helping Two, Two Helping One: Working with Individuals in Relationships
  21. Chapter 14. Life in the Details: The Nuts and Bolts of Couple Therapy
  22. Appendix A. Explanation of Emotional Wounds
  23. Appendix B. Instructions for a First-Aid Plan for Violent Couples
  24. Appendix C. Instructions for Meditation
  25. Appendix D. Instructions for the Emotional Freedom Technique
  26. Appendix E. Instructions for Using Mindfulness to Reduce Anxiety
  27. References
  28. Index
  29. About Guilford Press
  30. Discover Related Guilford Books