Treating Couples

Klappentext A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique Therapists who want to work skillfully with couples are often confronted with a confusing array of theories! techniques! and myths. Treating Couples creatively addresses many of these challenging issues while shining a light to help therapists navigate through this confusing maze. --Ellyn Bader! Ph.D.! co-director! The Couples Institute! Menlo Park! California Treating Couples weeds through the treatment trAnds?and presents a rational framework for assessing which methods will most effectively meet clients' needs and expectations. This is an accessible guide for the wide range of professionals who practice couples therapy. Treating Couples promotes the clinical functions of evaluation! assessment! judgment! and hypothesis-formation and testing and will serve as an invaluable resource for determining which approaches are the most ethical! flexible! and creative for the effective treatment of couples. Zusammenfassung Designed for therapists operating in managed care! this is a guide to treating couples with specific problems including health and life cycle issues! sexuality! parenting! domestic violence! and acute and chronic marital crises. It also targets crucial issues in specific populations.

Product details

• Authors: H Kessler, Hilda Kessler, X, X.
• Assisted by: Hilda Kessler (Editor), Irvin D. Yalom (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780787902056
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-0205-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Jossey-Bass Library of Current
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology