BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEEDS ACQUISITION AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE MODEL; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCING THE NEEDS ABC MODEL; 2 COUPLES THERAPY; 3 INTRODUCING THE NEEDS ABC RELATIONAL NEEDS AND EMOTION-FOCUSED COMPONENTS; 4 EXPECTATIONS FOR AN OPTIMAL THERAPEUTIC SETTING; 5 USING THE NEEDS ABC MODEL IN COUPLES AND FAMILY THERAPY; 6 UNCONSCIOUS FACTORS AND RELATIONAL NEEDS; 7 POWER AND CONTROL IN COUPLES THERAPY; 8 LIFE STAGES AND COUPLES; 9 ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES; 10 AFTER TREATMENT; 11 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary
The Needs ABC Therapeutic Model for Couples and Families provides beginning clinicians with concrete, practical skills and expanded theoretical base for their practice. Readers€will€be able to apply their new knowledge directly and in ways that will help them create long-lasting change in clients who present with difficult behaviors
