The Heart of Couple Therapy

Knowing What to Do and How to Do It

Ellen F. Wachtel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

284 Seiten

2016
Guilford Press (Verlag)
978-1-4625-2817-2 (ISBN)

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Grounded in a deep understanding of what makes intimate relationships succeed, this book provides concrete guidelines for addressing the complexities of real-world clinical practice with couples. Leading couple therapist Ellen Wachtel describes the principles of therapeutic interventions that motivate couples to alter entrenched patterns, build on strengths, and navigate the “legacy” issues that each person brings to the relationship. She illuminates the often unrecognized choices that therapists face throughout the session and deftly explicates their implications. The epilogue by Paul Wachtel situates the author's pragmatic approach in the broader context of contemporary psychotherapy theory and research.

Ellen F. Wachtel, PhD, JD, has a private practice in individual and couple therapy in New York City and is on the adjunct faculty of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. For many years Dr. Wachtel worked with Physicians for Human Rights and HealthRight International doing evaluations of people seeking political asylum, and she has mentored other psychologists volunteering with these organizations. Her books include We Love Each Other, But...: Simple Secrets to Strengthen Your Relationship and Make Love Last. She gives workshops on couples and families both in the United States and internationally.

1. Introduction: Dilemmas and Choices in Couple Therapy
2. What Is a Good Relationship?
3. Principles and Methods
4. The First Session
5. The Individual in the System: A Critical Pathway to Change
6. Common Underlying Relationship Issues and How to Address Them
7. From the First to the Second Session: Clinical Illustrations
8. The Genogram: A Window into the Psyche
9. "The Things They Carry": Working with Legacy Issues
10. Deepening Connections
11. Troubleshooting Common Challenges
Epilogue. Principles of Change in Individual and Couple Therapy, Paul L. Wachtel
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Erscheinungsdatum	01.12.2016
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	534 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4625-2817-1 / 1462528171
ISBN-13	978-1-4625-2817-2 / 9781462528172
Zustand	Neuware