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Title Behavioral, humanistic-existential, and psychodynamic approaches to couples counseling / edited by Michael D. Reiter and Ronald J. Chenail
Published New York ; London : Taylor and Francis, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (195 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors; About the Chapter Contributors; Preface; 1 Couples Counseling; Couples; Couples Counseling; Book Organization; References; 2 The Case: David and Natalie Johnson; Presenting Problem; History of the Couple; David's Family-of-Origin; Natalie's Family-of-Origin; 3 Psychodynamic Couples Counseling; A Brief History of Psychodynamic Couple Therapy: Thinking up to the Present; Witnessing; The Role of Play and Intimacy in Couple Relationships; Attachment versus Involvement
Transitional versus Transformational RelationshipsTowards a Theory of Mutual Transformation and the Role of Play Discovery States; Viewing Coupling Through Time; Theory of Problem Formation; The Historical Couple; The Current Couple; The Potential Couple; The Current Couple and Genetic History; Theory of Problem Resolution; A Note on Termination; Hypothetical Initial Session; First Session; The Session Continues; Notes; References; 4 Adlerian Couples Therapy; Brief History of Adlerian Couples Counseling; Equality and Mutual Respect; Being Responsible for Yourself; Life Tasks; Movement
LifestyleEarly Recollections; Holism; Social Interest; Theory of Problem Formulation; Theory of Problem Resolution; Basic Principles and Skills of How Adlerians Understand the Change Process; Four Stages of Adlerian Therapy; Taking the Temperature of the Marriage/Partnership; The Case of David and Natalie; David's Conceptualization; Natalie's Conceptualization; The Couple's Conceptualization; Treatment Plan/Problem List; Games of Probabilities/Readiness for Change Assessment; First Couples Session; Encouraging Days; Encouragement Meeting; Future sessions; Addressing the Affair
Improving CommunicationBeing Present; I Messages/Respectful Communication; Integrating a Non-Adlerian Intervention; Marriage Mission Statement; Encouragement; Platinum Rule; "Soft Start-Up" is Encouragement in Action; Finding Strengths; Social Interest; Understanding Each Other's Perspective; Couple (Marriage) Weekly Meetings; Couple's Conference/Daily Dialogue; Four-step Problem-solving Process; Hidden Reason; Paradoxical Interventions; Reflecting as If; Termination; Summary; References; 5 Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy; History of the Model; Behavioral Roots; Cognitive Origins
Sorting the Cognitive and the BehavioralAntecedents of Couple Therapy; Research and Integration; Problem Formation; Exploration of Foundational Issues; Acceptance and Commitment; Synthesizing Problem Formation; Problem Formation with Natalie and David; Problem Resolution; Transcript of First Session; Summary; Note; References; 6 Gottman Method Couples Therapy; History of the Model; Primary Research Findings; The 5:1 Ratio of Positive to Negative Moments; Perpetual, Gridlocked, and Solvable Problems; Preferred Conflict Style and Meta-Emotion Discrepancy; The Four Horsemen and their Antidotes
Notes Physiological Arousal
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Subject Couples therapy.
Couples Therapy -- methods
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy
Form Electronic book
Author Reiter, Michael D., editor.
Chenail, Ronald J., editor.
ISBN 9781317386452
1317386450