Counseling Couples in Conflict – A Relational Restoration Model

James N. Sells (Ph.D., University of Southern California) is professor of counseling and director of the Ph.D. program in counselor education and supervision at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he has taught since 2005. He is also a licensed psychologist and coauthored Family Therapies with Mark Yarhouse. Mark A. Yarhouse (Psy.D., Wheaton College) is professor of psychology and Hughes Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia. A licensed clinical psychologist, he serves as an adjunct faculty member of both the Institute for Sexual Wholeness in Atlanta, Georgia, and the psychology department of Wheaton College Graduate School.

Acknowledgments

Introduction



Part 1: The Preface to Marital Counseling


1 Marriage at a Crucial Stage of Existence

2 Three Fights in One

3 Marriage Is an Us

4 Pastoral and Counseling Boundaries: Invested but not Overinvolved



Part 2: The Process of Conflict and Restoration


5 Pain and Defense

6 Offense and Injury

7 Grace, and Justice

8 Empathy and Trust

9 Forgiveness



Part 3: Marital Counseling Applied


10 The Expressive Art of Sexuality

11 The Product of Art: Children and Parenting

12 Sexual Infidelity

13 Divorce and Blended Families

14 Substance Abuse and Behavioral Addictions

15 A Graceful Conclusion



Index