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Book SynopsisCommitment in Couples Therapy offers a comprehensive clinical guide to help those who work with couples determine the authenticity of a coupleâs commitment, and to guide their decision on whether the relationship is worth salvaging.
The purpose of this book is to focus on those couples who have joined for reasons that pose a significant chance of relational failure. This specific dyad entails one seemingly âœcommittedâ partner and one apparently âœless committedâ partner, both of whom may be conscious or unconscious about their sabotaging behavior in the relationship. Betchen offers a clinical model to treat the commitment issue and help the coupleâs therapist skillfully uncover each partnerâs conflict with commitment, determine the coupleâs true relational status, and determine how to re-contract the relationship on more authentic grounds. Chapters provide coverage of the unconscious match process, the sociocultural, transactional, familial, and psychological factors b
