Case studies in couples therapy : theory-based approaches / edited by David K. Carson and Montserrat Casado-Kehoe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carson, David K.

Casado-Kehoe, Montserrat.

Series:

Family therapy and counseling series.

The family therapy and counseling series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Couples therapy--Case studies.

Couples therapy.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This up-to-date, highly readable, theory-based, and application-oriented book fills a crucial void in literature on couple therapy. Few books in the couple therapy market bridge the gap between theory and practice; texts tend to lean in one direction or the other, either emphasizing theory and research with little practical application, or taking a cookbook approach that describes specific techniques and interventions that are divorced from any conceptual or theoretical base. However, couples therapy requires a high degree of abstract/conceptual thinking, as well as ingenuity, inventiveness

Contents:

Case Studies in Couples Therapy THEORY-BASED APPROACHES; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword.; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Editors.; Contributors; Introduction: Couple Therapy in Contemporary Society and a Theory-Based Case Study Approach.............................................................................................; 1. PREPARE/ENRICH Program for Premarital and Married Couples.; 2. Preparing Couples for Marriage: The SYMBIS Model.; 3. Lessons Learned From Recruiting Diverse Couples for Clinical Research on Relationship Education

4. Adlerian Therapy With Couples.5. Working With Couples From a Psychodynamic Perspective Using Cognitive Maps; 6. Object-Relations Therapy With Couples.; 7. Integrated Intergenerational Couple Therapy.; 8. Cognitive Behavior Therapy With Couples.; 9. Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy: Multiple Couple Illustrations and Comparisons; 10. Ecosystemic Structural Therapy With Couples.; 11. Problem-Solving Brief Therapy: The Palo Alto Approach to Working With a Latino Couple; 12. Mental Research Institute's Brief Therapy Approach to Couple Therapy.; 13. Strategic Couple Therapy.

14. A Path to Wholeness: Couple Therapy Within the Satir Model.15. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: A Military Case Study.; 16. Imago Relationship Therapy.; 17. Imago Couple Therapy and the Relational Paradigm.; 18. Creative/Experiential Therapy With Couples.; 19. An Application of Pragmatic/Experiential Therapy for Couples; 20. Group-Oriented Experiential Couple Therapy: An Adventure-Based Approach.; 21. Solution-Focused Brief Couple Therapy.; 22. Narrative Therapy With Couples.; 23. Collaborative Couple Therapy: Turning Fights Into Intimate Conversations

24. Collaborative Therapy With Couples.25. Gottman Method Couple Therapy: From Theory to Practice.; 26. Affective Reconstruction: An Integrative Couple Treatment Applied to Parental Bereavement.; 27. Integrated Couple Therapy: A Family Developmental Approach to the Treatment of Couples Incorporating Psychoanalytic and Systemic Models; 28. The Hope-Focused Approach to Couple Enrichment and Counseling.; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-97030-4

1-136-97031-2

0-203-85156-0

9780203851562

OCLC:

798532623