Doing Couple Therapy - Integrating Theory with Practice

The crowded bed is a potent metaphor for the ghosts each partner brings to the relationship. Here are the basic principles of the many approaches to family therapy that will empower students to help couples achieve the intimacy they long for. Also included is an extensive case study and guidelines for working with various populations. While written primarily for students, this book will attract all who are experiencing the strain of a crowded bed.

About the author

Toby Bobes, Ph.D., is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a therapy and consultation practice. She is an adjunct faculty member of Antioch University Santa Barbara and teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute, as well as coauthor of Doing Couple Therapy: Integrating Theory with Practice.

Summary

How do couples get beyond the reactivity and blaming that destroy self-esteem and good will? How can couples sort out the multiple layers and complexities in their relationships? Is it possible to move from impasse to dialogue?

Product details

• Authors: Toby Bobes, Barbara Rothman, Barbara Katz Rothman
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 233 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 394 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology