{"product_id":"couples-therapy-9780471589891","title":"Couples Therapy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an innovative approach to couples therapy based upon a nonadversary therapeutic model that encourages partners to incorporate their conflicts and fantasies into their relationship. Sets forth a critique of the psychoanalytic, behavioral, and systems approaches and describes techniques for patient-therapist collaboration and supportive therapeutic intervention on behalf of each partner, Includes strategies for handling angry partners, withdrawn partners, polarized partners, and patients who reject the therapist''s interpretations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBACKGROUND THEORY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Depth Analysis Versus Ego Analysis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO COUPLES THERAPY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Psychoanalytic Approach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Systems Approach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Behavior Therapy Approach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MY APPROACH.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Inevitability of Fantasy and Alienation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Love and Compromise.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Individual Oriented Systems Approach.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Insight Approach to Couples Therapy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Resistance and Disqualification.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e MAJOR FORMS OF INTERVENTION.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clarifying Each Partner's Position.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Taking Each Partner's Side: Paired Binds Interpretations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Developing a Shared Perspective.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e APPLICATION TO CLASSIC PARTNER TYPES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Withdrawn Partners.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Angry Partners.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Demanding-Withdrawn Partners.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF MY APPROACH.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Incorporating Problems into Relationships.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Incorporating Fantasies into Relationships.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515430232407,"sku":"9780471589891","price":46.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/couples-therapy-9780471589891","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}