Marriage Counseling - A Christian Approach to Counseling Couples

In this text for the professional helper, Everett Worthington provides a model for short-term marriage counseling which is biblical, practical, and compassionate. Evaluations of five major approaches to marriage counseling are included as an appendix.

About the author

Everett L. Worthington Jr. (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and former executive director of the Templeton Foundation's A Campaign for Forgiveness Research. Worthington has studied forgiveness since the 1980s and has published more than two hundred articles and papers on forgiveness, marriage and family, psychotherapy and virtue in a wide variety of journals and magazines. He was the founding editor of Marriage and Family: A Christian Journal and sits on the editorial boards of several professional journals. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN and The 700 Club and been featured in award-winning documentary movies on forgiveness such as The Power of Forgiveness and The Big Question. He is the author of seventeen books including Handbook of Forgiveness, Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling and Forgiving and Reconciling.

Summary

Everett L. Worthington Jr. provides a model for short-term marriage counseling that is biblical, practical and compassionate. Valuable evaluations of five other major approaches (psychoanalytic, systems, behavioral, cognitive and Christian) are included in an appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Everett L Worthington, Everett L. Worthington, Everrett L. Worthington, Everett L Worthington Jr, Everett L. Worthington Jr, Everett L. Worthington Jr.
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780830817696
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-1769-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 650 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; christliches Leben und christliche Praxis, Verlobung, Hochzeit, Heirat, RELIGION / Christian Life / Love & Marriage, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery, Religion - Pastoral Care / Counseling