Doing Couple Therapy

Robert Taibbi, LCSW, has 36 years' experience, primarily in community mental health, as a clinician, supervisor, and clinical director. He is the author of Doing Family Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice, now in its second edition and recently translated into Chinese and Portuguese, and Clinical Supervision: A Four-Stage Process of Growth and Discovery, as well as several book chapters and over 150 magazine and journal articles. He has served as teen advice columnist for Current Health and as a contributing editor to Your Health and Fitness, and has received three national writing awards for Best Consumer Health Writing from the Health Information Resource Center. Mr. Taibbi provides training nationally on couple and family therapy, treatment of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, and clinical supervision. He is currently in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia.

1. Into the Fray: Theoretical Foundation and Overview 2. The Basics: Clinical Goals and Tasks 3. Beginnings: Presentations, Assessments, and Goals 4. Beginnings in Action 5. Clearing the Clutter: Improving Communication Skills 6. Drilling Down: Core Issues 7. Termination 8. Of Money, Sex, and Children: Handling the Power Issues 9. The Challenges of the Early Years 10. Re-Creating the Vision 11. Battle and Loss: Managing the Teenage Years 12. One Big Happy Family: Working with Stepfamilies 13. The Challenges of Old Age 14. One Helping Two, Two Helping One: Working with Individuals in Relationships 15. Life in the Details: The Nuts and Bolts of Couple Therapy Epilogue