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The Heart of Couple Therapy : Knowing What to Do and How to Do It.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Guilford Publications, 2016Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (298 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781462528219
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Heart of Couple TherapyDDC classification:
  • 616.89/1562
LOC classification:
  • RC488.5.W334 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Dilemmas and Choices in Couple Therapy -- 2. What Is a Good Relationship? -- 3. Principles and Methods -- 4. The First Session -- 5. The Individual in the System: A Critical Pathway to Change -- 6. Common Underlying Relationship Issues and How to Address Them -- 7. From the First to the Second Session: Clinical Illustrations -- 8. The Genogram: A Window into the Psyche -- 9. "The Things They Carry": Working with Legacy Issues -- 10. Deepening Connections -- 11. Troubleshooting Common Challenges -- Epilogue: Principles of Change in Individual and Couple Therapy -- References -- Index.
Summary: Grounded in a deep understanding of what makes intimate relationships succeed, this book provides concrete guidelines for addressing the complexities of real-world clinical practice with couples. Leading couple therapist Ellen Wachtel describes the principles of therapeutic intervention that motivate couples to alter entrenched patterns, build on strengths, and navigate the "legacy" issues that each person brings to the relationship. She illuminates the often unrecognized choices that therapists face throughout the session and deftly explicates their implications. The epilogue by Paul Wachtel situates the author's pragmatic approach in the broader context of contemporary psychotherapy theory and research.
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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Dilemmas and Choices in Couple Therapy -- 2. What Is a Good Relationship? -- 3. Principles and Methods -- 4. The First Session -- 5. The Individual in the System: A Critical Pathway to Change -- 6. Common Underlying Relationship Issues and How to Address Them -- 7. From the First to the Second Session: Clinical Illustrations -- 8. The Genogram: A Window into the Psyche -- 9. "The Things They Carry": Working with Legacy Issues -- 10. Deepening Connections -- 11. Troubleshooting Common Challenges -- Epilogue: Principles of Change in Individual and Couple Therapy -- References -- Index.

Grounded in a deep understanding of what makes intimate relationships succeed, this book provides concrete guidelines for addressing the complexities of real-world clinical practice with couples. Leading couple therapist Ellen Wachtel describes the principles of therapeutic intervention that motivate couples to alter entrenched patterns, build on strengths, and navigate the "legacy" issues that each person brings to the relationship. She illuminates the often unrecognized choices that therapists face throughout the session and deftly explicates their implications. The epilogue by Paul Wachtel situates the author's pragmatic approach in the broader context of contemporary psychotherapy theory and research.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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