| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 282 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter Introduction -- A change in perspective -- chapter 1 Gender, power and contemporary relationship tension The ceiling effect: gender-power as limiting factors in -- chapter 2 The egalitarian alternative. -- What is it? Is it worth the effort? -- chapter 3 Friendship -- The basic condition of equal partnership -- chapter 4 Shared power -- The road to mutual empowerment -- chapter 5 Towards an integrative model of treatment goals for couples -- chapter 6 Assessment -- chapter 7 Types of couples seeking therapy -- chapter 8 Creating an egalitarian therapeutic system Analyzing therapist-couple interactions as an -- chapter 9 The treatment model -- Individual interventions and education about equality -- chapter 10 Couple Interventions -- chapter 11 Treatment of the traditional couple: putting the wife in charge 193 -- Putting the wife in charge / Lily and Leon -- chapter 12 Treatment of the transitional couple -- Overt and covert power struggles -- chapter 13 Issues in training and supervision |
| Summary |
Marriage as an equal partnership is the goal of many couples in the western world today. Equality is often limited by the ways that power and gender interact in the relationship, leading to dissatisfaction and ultimately the break-up of the marriage. In Equal Partners - Good Friends, Dr. Claire Rabin examines the connection between inequality in marriage and marital distress. Drawing on extensive research and personal interviews in the UK, USA and Israel, she stresses the key role of friendship in establishing a truly equal relationship. Treatment methods for work with couples are described with a focus on gender, sex roles and power - a model much needed in today's climate of change |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-271) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Marital psychotherapy.
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Man-woman relationships.
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Sex role.
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Dominance (Psychology)
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Communication in marriage.
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Equality.
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Friendship.
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Marriage -- Psychological aspects
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Control (Psychology)
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Marital Therapy
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Spouses -- psychology
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Power, Psychological
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Friends
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Gender Role
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sex role.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- Couples & Family.
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Control (Psychology)
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Communication in marriage
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Dominance (Psychology)
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Equality
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Friendship
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Man-woman relationships
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Marital psychotherapy
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Marriage -- Psychological aspects
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Sex role
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
95042247 |
| ISBN |
9780203429402 |
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0203429400 |
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9780415116145 |
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0415116147 |
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