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Zusatztext "A wonderful book. With all the leading approaches from all the leading theorists! with illuminating case examples and clear discussions of applications! this is more than a survey of the field but a working encyclopedia. Excellent for students seeking to understand the varied terrain that is couple therapy! as well as for experienced practitioners and supervisors seeking to expand their thinking and clinical creativity." - Robert Taibbi! in private practice inVirginia! USA! and author of Doing Couple Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners"Case Studies in Couples Therapy provides a panoramic view of the most significant models of couples therapy. Each chapter follows an outline that clearly links theory and practice in an engaging format and allows for comparisons among models. Readers will find the content of the book to be very clear and will be especially enlightened by the inclusion of material-otherwise almost impossible to find-on the implementation! process! and stages of treatment." - Gerald R. Weeks! University of Nevada-Las Vegas andcoauthor of Couples in Treatment: Techniques and Approaches for Effective Practice"This book offers! under one cover! descriptions of the main current approaches to couple therapy and does so in an interesting and engaging way. Cases are covered according to a common outline! helping the reader to easily compare different approaches. A great book for students and practitioners to gain greater clinical skills and theoretical knowledge." - Leslie S. Greenberg! York University Toronto! Ontario! Canada "Written in an accessible and animated style! this stimulating book garners a plethora of theoretic models in couples counselling and presents them! chapter by chapter! as an invitation for clinicians to learn! consider and assimilate new concepts and principles into their own work. The editors have gathered together a long and illustrious list of contributors...The contributors were asked to write to a structured set of guidelines - which for me keeps the book satisfyingly neat - but to include! in addition "a roadmap of how they work." There is thus a sense of creativity and imagination that suffuses the book. [This book] is at once cogent and intelligent! exciting and innovative." - Yvonne Farley! Sexual and Relationship Therapy Informationen zum Autor Dr. David K. Carson is a Professor of Psychology at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Orlando, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Qualified Supervisor in Florida and Wyoming, and a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Dr. Carson has worked with a variety of couples in therapy and taught couples and marital therapy for many years. He has authored and co-authored 90 publications. Three books in recent years include: Creativity in Psychotherapy: Reaching New Heights with Individuals, Couples, and Families (2003; New York: Routledge) and two edited with his wife Dr. Cecyle Carson and colleague Dr. Aparajita Chowdhury: Indian Families at the Crossroads (2007; New Delhi: Gyan Pub.) and Family Life Education in India: Perspectives, Challenges, and Applications (2006, Jaipur: Rawat Pub.). Dr. Carson is extensively involved with the promotion of counseling and marriage and family therapy in India and travels to India regularly to teach and conduct training seminars across the country. He has also been a Fulbright Senior Scholar in India and has worked in community development in northern India and Nepal. Dr. Montse Casado-Kehoe is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Palm Beach Atlantic University in Orlando. She is a licensed marriage and marriage and family therapist and qualified supervisor for LMHC/LMFT in the state of Florida, a registered play therapist and a member of the American Counseling Association, and International Association for Marriage and Family Counseling. Dr. Casado-...
