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| body language of couples: The Five Love Languages Gary Chapman, 2009-12-17 Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse's primary love language-quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together. Gary Chapman hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio program called A Love Language Minute that can be heard on more than 150 radio stations as well as the weekly syndicated program Building Relationships with Gary Chapman, which can both be heard on fivelovelanguages.com. The Five Love Languages is a consistent New York Times bestseller - with over 5 million copies sold and translated into 38 languages. This book is a sales phenomenon, with each year outselling the prior for 16 years running! |
| body language of couples: 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great Terri L. Orbuch, 2009-10-27 What makes marriages last? What makes couples happy? Is it possible for a so-so marriage to become a great one? From Dr. Terri Orbuch, the renowned therapist and nationally recognized relationship expert known as The Love Doctor®, comes a book that breaks new ground in marital relationships. The head researcher in a large-scale, unprecedented study funded by the National Institutes of Health—which has followed 373 couples for more than twenty-two years and is ongoing—Dr. Orbuch made some remarkable discoveries about happiness, sexuality, human mating patterns, and relationship longevity. In 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great, she releases the study’s findings to the public in a book for the first time, sharing her insights and never-before-revealed strategies for improving and enhancing your marriage—at every stage. Do you remember the feeling of first being in love? Based on the latest research about what works in happy marriages, Dr. Orbuch offers an accessible, step-by-step roadmap for reconnecting with those feelings and gaining a deeper appreciation for the things you and your spouse share. She defines the five simple strategies to help couples navigate the daily minefield of marriage…from defusing frustrations that erode your relationship to the simple things that will keep your partner happy…from the 10-minute rule to help you really get to know your spouse to reducing boredom and weeding out unprofitable behaviors. Filled with exercises, check lists, and some surprising statistics, 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great will help you bring happiness, joy and fulfillment to the most important relationship of your life. From the Hardcover edition. |
| body language of couples: Photograph Couples Tiffany Wayne, 2014-08-18 Wedding and portrait photography is a vast segment of the professional portrait industry. Those who cater to this demographic know that photographing couples during a very exciting period in their lives demands a unique skill-set—these sessions are done when emotions are high, in a wide range of locations, and under a staggering array of conditions. Still, the photographer must wrangle all of the variables to create images that flatter the subjects AND tell the story of their relationship. In this book, Tiffany Wayne presents 60 high-caliber images—each paired with gorgeous alternate poses—and detailed text showing readers how each image was conceived and orchestrated to flatter the couple and show their unique relationship to best effect. In 60 two-page spreads, readers will get a behind-the-scenes look at how the image came together. Wayne discusses her intent for each image, then shows the steps used to carry out her artistic vision—from positioning the individual subjects, to creating a physical bond, and eliciting emotion. Also detailed are the compositional choices that were made to reinforce and strengthen the portrait presentation. In the first part of the book, Wayne showcases engagement portraits—images made under more relaxed conditions when the pace of the day is not as hectic as it will be on the wedding day. In the second part of the book, Wayne turns her attention to wedding portraits of the couple. With the fresh, modern feel of Tiffany Wayne's images and her casual, seemingly effortless—yet perfect—posing approach, readers will find much to emulate in this book. |
| body language of couples: How to Read Body Language Joshua Osenga, 2014-06-04 Communication is an essential part of our daily lives, and it is something that all of us know how to do. However, we often overlook the fact that even we speak not only with our words, but also with our entire body. Body language is an extremely important aspect of communication, but most of us don’t know how to use nonverbal behavior to our advantage. This book will help you understand body language, how people use it, how you yourself use it, and how it can be beneficial for you across different contexts. As you go through the content, you will soon realize how you can take control of the way you communicate and how you can allow your body to speak for you. |
| body language of couples: If Only I Had Known...: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Couples Therapy Susanne Methven, Mark Odell, Gerald R. Weeks, 2013-01-28 Creating tactics for getting it right the first time. The co-authors draw on over thirty years of experience to show young therapists how and how not to conduct psychotherapy. Each chapter begins with a vignette illustrating a common mistake, then describes the error in detail, explains why therapists make the mistake and offers tactics for avoiding it. |
| body language of couples: Fierce Marriage Ryan Frederick, Selena Frederick, 2018-04-17 Ryan and Selena Frederick were newlyweds when they landed in Switzerland to pursue Selena's dream of training horses. Neither of them knew at the time that Ryan was living out a death sentence brought on by a worsening genetic heart defect. Soon it became clear he needed major surgery that could either save his life--or result in his death on the operating table. The young couple prepared for the worst. When Ryan survived, they both realized that they still had a future together. But the near loss changed the way they saw all that would lie ahead. They would live and love fiercely, fighting for each other and for a Christ-centered marriage, every step of the way. Fierce Marriage is their story, but more than that, it is a call for married couples to put God first in their relationship, to measure everything they do and say to each other against what Christ did for them, and to see marriage not just as a relationship they should try to keep healthy but also as one worth fighting for in every situation. With the gospel as their foundation, Ryan and Selena offer hope and practical help for common struggles in marriage, including communication problems, sexual frustration, financial stress, family tension, screen-time disconnection, and unrealistic expectations. |
| body language of couples: The Happy Couple's Handbook Andrew G. Marshall, 2019-04-30 If you're about to walk down the aisle, you want every day to be as happy as your special day. However while there is lots of advice on planning a wedding, there's precious little to prepare you for the rest of your life together. If you're lucky your mother will offer a few tips and your father will makes some jokes but otherwise you're on your own. Perhaps it's some years since you promised to love and cherish each other and the pressures of everyday life have taken the shine off things. Throw in the sort of crises that everyone faces at some point—like financial problems, losing a parent, family rows and infidelity—and it's easy for the love between the two of you to be seriously damaged. So what are the secrets of happy couples that stay strong rather than grow apart? In this groundbreaking book, marital therapist Andrew G. Marshall, explains that it's not chemistry that keeps partners connected but skills. It's likely that you didn't learn these skills as a child because your parents didn't know them or couldn't explain them. Maybe they avoided conflict, fought like cat or dog or split up when you were young so never showed you to fall out safely, make-up and resolve differences. Fortunately, it's never too late to learn how to communicate better and repair your relationship—even if you're on the verge of splitting up. Marshall draws on thirty plus years working with over three thousand clients to give you his tried and test tool kit for a happy marriage. It includes: - The rules for constructive arguments. - How to be a better listener. - Use carrots rather than sticks. - How to forgive and move on. |
| body language of couples: Couples in Treatment Gerald Weeks, Stephen Treat, 2013-05-13 First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| body language of couples: Stepfamilies Mala Schuster Burt, Roger B. Burt, 1996 This book has its roots in the authors' 16 years of direct clinical experience with almost 500 stepfamilies, as well as their own personal experience as a stepfamily. In response to the dearth of resources for stepfamilies in the therapeutic community, the Burts have created an intervention that addresses the specific concerns and challenges of the stepfamily: the Step By Step Model of Brief Therapy. This important book outlines the model and its applications. The strengths of the Step By Step Model are in its simplicity and flexibility, and in the collaborative process between client and therapist. The authors' discussion highlights the necessity of providing clients with realistic perspectives, strategies, and tools that help them to be more in control of the stepfamily process. Whether related to interactions, adjustments, or developmental stages, the Step By Step Model is designed to accommodate the many forces at work both inside and outside the therapy room. This perspective will help any clinician, regardless of specific orientation, to bring into focus therapeutic strategies that help these families move forward. |
| body language of couples: The Keys to a Happy and Fulfilling Life as a Couple Ron Cherry, 2022-08-01 YouaEUR(tm)re holding in your hands now, Solutions to all of your relationship challenges for now and the future. One of the finest book about love and forgiveness we have ever read, this inspiring book guides us how to reach the full potential to a lasting commitment of joy, peace, forgiveness, and endless love while fulfilling yourself daily. The best-loved teaching and forgiveness show us how we can transform all life difficulties of the couple into a valuable opportunity for building a healthy relationship we have been looking for a long time. When weaEUR(tm)re talking about love or forgiveness, is there really Western or Eastern love? Does not everyone seek happiness, joy, peace, unconditional love, financial security? Do we not seek a wise, intelligent, and captivating man or woman to build forgiveness and love based on mutual respect, understanding, responsibility, integrity and humility, faithfulness, effective communication, family, and community spirit? Human being is perfectly imperfect, but we can be perfected in love, forgiveness, and kindness. Each of us has already been hurt, betrayed, and despised by our wife or our husband, and would like to hear the words: aEURoeI apologize sincerely,aEUR aEURoeI am sorry for everything that has happened between us,aEUR aEURoeI truly regret everything,aEUR aEURoeI love you tremendously,aEUR aEURoeYou are adorable,aEUR aEURoeWe will get there. I trust you,aEUR aEURoeI promise to be faithful, supportive, and loyal.aEUR ShouldnaEUR(tm)t you also think about forgiving, loving, having patience for your husband and for your wife who was yesterday the prince charming or the woman of your dreams who no longer has any value in your eyes today? YouaEUR(tm)re saying, aEURoeHeaEUR(tm)s my enemy.aEUR ArenaEUR(tm)t you someone elseaEUR(tm)s enemy? Our greatest enemy, isnaEUR(tm)t that ourselves? When you remind your husband of things that have happened in the last twenty years, or explain to your friends and colleagues the private life of your relationship or the mistakes of either one of you, arenaEUR(tm)t you destroying the relationship by thinking youaEUR(tm)re hurting your husband or wife? Teeth sometimes bite the tongue, but they remain together. Let us be merciful and slow to anger, rich in kindness and fidelity. Love is patient; it is full of greatness and sacrifice. Should we not be a source of love in order to know the height, depth, length, and width of love? Love is strong as death. Death, life, and environmental difficulties can never overcome immeasurable love. At the point where we have reached, let us walk with the same step, eye to eye, hand in hand, with the same vision. We have a lot more in common than you think. I only have a minute. Sixty seconds in it. Forced upon me, I did not choose it, but I know that I must use it. Give account if I abuse it. Suffer, if I lose it. Only a tiny little minute, But eternity is in it. (Rep. Elijah Cummings) DonaEUR(tm)t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldnaEUR(tm)t. (Michelle Obama) To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. (Lewis B. Smedes) Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobodyaEUR(tm)s going to know whether you did it or not. (Oprah Winfrey) Blame keeps wounds open. Only forgiveness heals. (Thomas S. Manson) |
| body language of couples: Couple Observational Coding Systems Patricia K. Kerig, Donald H. Baucom, 2004-07-22 A companion volume to Family Observational Coding Systems, this book moves from the triad to the dyad and provides a showcase for significant developments in the coding of intimate couple interactions. The hope is that this book will contribute to the broadening and deepening of the field by disseminating information both about the coding systems that have been developed, as well as the conceptual and methodological issues involved in couple observational research. The first three chapters present overviews of conceptual and methodological issues in the study of couple processes. The remaining chapters describe contributions to the field by 16 teams of researchers. Each chapter provides information about the conceptual underpinnings and structure of the coding system developed by the authors and evidence for its psychometric properties. Couple Observational Coding Systems will be of interest to researchers studying couple interactions as well as clinicians who work with couples. |
| body language of couples: Couples on the Couch Shelley Nathans, Milton Schaefer, 2017-07-14 Introduction : core concepts of the Tavistock couple psychotherapy model / Shelley Nathans -- Couples on the couch : working psychoanalytically with couple relationships / Stanley Ruszczynski -- Discussion of couples on the couch : working psychoanalytically with couple relationships / Rachel Cooke -- Unconscious beliefs about being a couple / Mary Morgan -- Discussion of unconscious beliefs about being a couple : beliefs about a couple and beliefs about the other / Milton Schaefer -- The Macbeths in the consulting room / James V. Fisher -- Discussion of the Macbeths in the consulting room / Shelley Nathans -- Psychotic and depressive processes in couple functioning / Francis Grier -- Discussion of psychotic and depressive processes in couple functioning / Julie Friend -- Romantic bonds, binds and ruptures : couples on the brink / Virginia Goldner -- Discussion of romantic bonds, binds and ruptures : couples on the brink / Rachael Peltz -- How was it for you? Attachment, sexuality and mirroring in couple relationships / Christopher Clulow -- Discussion of how was it for you? Attachment, mirroring, and the psychotherapeutic process with couples / Leora Benioff -- Growing old together in mind and body / Andrew Balfour -- Discussion of growing old together in mind and body / Leslye Russell. |
| body language of couples: The Couple Intimacy Workbook William E. Krill, 2018 Is the intimacy in your relationship as rich as it could be? Expand your understanding of the power of intimacy in couples.Learn new and stimulating ways to interact with your partner to enhance bonding.Explore the possibilities of pushing the limits of six kinds of intimacy.Advance your relationship with exercises you can do together or solo.Relate at a deeper level than you may have thought possible.Recharge passion for your relationship and partner.This workbook encourages us to take a step back and rethink our intentions and help us remember why we love our partners and continue to strengthen our relational bonds. -- Sarah Davinsizer, B.A. Growing Couple Intimacy is well done, filled with concrete ways for couples to explore and grow individually and in their intimacy with one another. -- Pastor Mary J. Hendricks A wonderful, practical guide to further develop intimacy, including helpful activities that are both individual and couple focused. -- Melody Ray Growing Couple Intimacy sums up many poignant topics most humans could use some help with and presents suggestions in very workable and understandable ways. I will be using this workbook in my own marriage. I also believe this will give me another useful tool in my clinical practice. -- Michael Stubler, MA, CRC, LPC Very insightful and engaging! The exercises help to break down walls and explore intimacy in ways you might not have known existed. -- Chris Schneider, Worship Leader, Manchester, CT Growing Couple Intimacy is a useful tool that I can apply to individuals as well as couples. I found the practical applications outlined a helpful step towards intimacy growth. -- Nicole Behe, wife and mother Learn more at www.LHPress.com |
| body language of couples: Gamers in Love: A Relationship Guide for Couples Who Game Together Dr. Ed Orin , 2023-09-21 Structured as a series of leveling-up stages, the book delves into crucial topics like communication, emotional intelligence, and personal boundaries, adapting general relationship advice into the specific context of gamer couples. Discover how gaming can enhance cognitive skills, provide unique bonding experiences, and even offer a metaphorical language for understanding each other's needs and desires. Yet, it also addresses the potential pitfalls, such as time management and conflict resolution, offering actionable strategies to keep your relationship vibrant and balanced. With humor, relatable anecdotes, and practical exercises, Gamers in Love invites you to interact with your relationship. Forget generic love advice; this is a romance guide for those who speak the language of gaming. By the end of this co-op adventure, you'll not only have navigated the complexities of love in the gaming age but also have the tools to turn your relationship into an epic love story for the ages. |
| body language of couples: The Needs ABC Therapeutic Model for Couples, Adolescents, and Parents Tom Caplan, 2011-01-19 The needs ABC therapeutic model for couples and families: a guide for practitioners shows readers how to successfully tailor a therapeutic approach to meet the needs of couples and families. It has been preceded by Needs ABC (Acquisition and Behavior Change), a model for group work and other psychotherapies published in the UK by Whiting and Birch. Beginning clinicians will come away from this book with concrete, practical skills and expanded theoretical base for their practice, and they'll be able to apply their new knowledge directly and in ways that will help them create long-lasting change in clients who present with difficult behaviors. The book explains the concepts and theories behind the Needs ABC approach and provides tangible methods with which to perform as a Needs ABC therapist or integrate aspects of the Needs ABC approach into the reader's own therapeutic techniques. Practitioners will find that the Needs ABC model complements cognitive-behavioral, integrative, and other therapeutic models, as well as general guides to couples and family therapy--Provided by publisher |
| body language of couples: Couples in Treatment Gerald R. Weeks, Stephen T. Fife, 2014-01-10 This third edition of Couples in Treatment helps readers conceptualize and treat couples from multiple perspectives and with a multitude of techniques. The authors do not advocate any single approach to couple therapy and instead present basic principles and techniques with wide-ranging applicability and the power to invite change, making this the most useful text on integrative, systemic couple therapy. Throughout the book the authors consider the individual, interactional, and intergenerational systems of any case. Gerald Weeks’ Intersystems Model, a comprehensive, integrative, and contextual meta framework, can be superimposed over existing therapy approaches. It emphasizes principles of therapy and can facilitate assessing, conceptualizing couples’ problems, and providing helpful interventions. Couple therapists are encouraged to utilize the principles in this book to enhance their therapeutic process and fit their approach to the client, rather than forcing the client to fit their theory. |
| body language of couples: Therapy with Couples Michael Crowe, Jane Ridley, 2008-04-15 Since the first edition of this practical book was published in 1990, a number of important developments have taken place and have been incorporated into the new edition. There are now many kinds of non-traditional relationships that accompany an increasing divorce rate and the shrinking number of marriages. Co-habitation, remarriage, step-parent/step-child relationships and their implications for the extended family, their strengths and areas of tension are examined. Accompanying these changes has been a development in therapeutic approaches and additional outcome data is now available. Rapid progress has been made in treatments, and their implications are described. In addition the therapeutic managing of separating and divorcing couples, domestic violence, and the aftermath of sexual and physical abuse are discussed. |
| body language of couples: A Three-Factor Model of Couples Therapy Robert Mendelsohn, 2017-08-07 Couple psychotherapy extends the work of the psychotherapist to the patient’s most significant committed adult relationship, yet the therapy is difficult both conceptually and technically. One major reason for this difficulty is that in every couple’s treatment there is a confusing array of psychological defenses as well as regressive and nonregressive couple object relations-as distinct from the object relations that each individual member brings to the couple. Further, many of these processes are occurring outside consciousness and at the very same time. This book is an attempt to clarify all the confusing issues by presenting a three-factor model of couple psychotherapy within a psychodynamic framework. This model has been found to be very effective with many different kinds of couples. The book suggests that there are three powerful couple dynamics that shape every couple’s treatment: (A) the quality and quantity of the couple’s projective identifications; (B) the level of their “couple object relations”; and (C) the presence or absence of the defense of omnipotent control. These three variables are the most important factors in the therapy; they determine the success or failure of every therapy with every couple. These dynamics also determine quite a bit about how to conduct a couple therapy with regard to the therapist’s level of activity, tone, the way of sorting the material in his or her head, and even the kinds of interventions he/she chooses (whether or not, for example, the therapist will use certain resistance techniques). Understanding these three variables and how they interact is key to the success of the therapy. |
| body language of couples: Bilingual Couples in Conversation Silja Ang-Tschachtli, 2022-01-31 This book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the communication between highly proficient bilingual couples, each consisting of a native speaker of English and of Swiss German. Combining the accounts of ten couples on their language use with an analysis of their actual linguistic behaviour, several areas of the partners' speech and interaction were closely examined. These include their language choice and language mixing, attitudes, expression of emotions, swearing, as well as their humour and laughter. In addition, the influence of the bilinguals' mother tongue and gender on their language use was explored. Thus, the study provides valuable insights into the language practices of established bilingual couples, while also contributing to the fields of fluent late bilingualism and gender research. |
| body language of couples: Solution Building in Couples Therapy Elliott Connie, 2012-09-14 Print+CourseSmart |
| body language of couples: Winnicott and 'Good Enough' Couple Therapy Claire Rabin, 2014-04-03 Claire Rabin innovatively applies the Winnicottian theory of the ‘good enough mother’ to couple therapy, redirecting attention to the therapeutic relationship and the therapist’s self-awareness regardless of the methods used. Using this lens, even the therapist’s mistakes become an opportunity for repairing both the therapeutic relationship and the partners’ own personal maturity. The intensity and pressure of couple therapy can make each case a test of the therapist’s competence. The need for neutrality constitutes on-going pressure on the therapist and the proliferation of therapeutic methods can cause confusion about which might be most useful in each situation. Applying theory effectively is easier said than done within the context of the powerful emotions unleashed in sessions, which can result in a catastrophic atmosphere. These factors can make it hard for therapists to utilise their own skills and knowledge within sessions of couple therapy. The book explores how therapists and couples can unintentionally further ‘false selves’ without realising how the very tools of change may counter authenticity. Featuring interviews with an international range of couple therapists and case studies from the author’s own experiences, the key aspects of the ‘good enough’ concept are elaborated. Rabin shows how these ideas can strengthen therapists’ sense of security and safety in using their lived experience and intuition. Winnicott and Good Enough Couple Therapy is the ideal book for clinicians seeking an overarching framework for working with couples or families, as well as those concerned with the importance of the client-helper relationship. |
| body language of couples: Working with Attachment in Couples Therapy Jim Donovan, 2019-11-11 Through an exploration of extensive case studies, this book demonstrates how the discovery and examination of original childhood attachment wounds is crucial to couples therapy. As many as half of all mental health referrals involve interpersonal issues and these very often relate to marital problems. Yet, after a half a century of couples therapy, we still lack a widely accepted treatment model for couples and there are relatively few training programs or graduate courses dedicated to the field. Why does an effective general approach to marital therapy remain so elusive? Working with Attachment in Couples Therapy: A Four-Step Model for Clinical Practice presents a series of in-depth case studies, which illustrate the seeking of the primary wound for each participant as it unfolds session by session and traces improvement in each couple while exploring past injuries. This book represents essential reading for any mental health professional working with couples, as well as those in training. |
| body language of couples: Victorious Secrets Andrée Nicole, 2018-01-26 Secret are not meant to be kept unknown by others. Could you use some practical insight for your relationship? Do you have family members who could use an encouraging word on trust, confidence, patience, fear, faith, and love? Or perhaps you know of a neighbor or a coworker who struggles with secrets, loneliness, health issues, or discouragements as it relates to a couple’s passion and quest to love? You have never read a couple’s book like this before. Victorious Secrets is intended to be a source of encouragement, covering a vast number of topics with empowering quotes, insightful messages, and secret reminders for a couple’s day and evening, along with interactive reflective journaling activities. These victorious secrets have been specifically crafted for couples in mind and will provide couples with a wealth of secret information. I am excited because you will embark on a journey where you will be able to share each other’s confidential secrets. These victorious secrets will be the right message just for you at just the right time! You are more than a conqueror; you are victorious. Enjoy these hidden secrets as they have been designed to challenge the way couples think, confront one’s doubts, and push back cynicism and pessimism in your relationship. You will continue to be educated, elevated, empowered, and to flourish in love as you make your way victoriously through the secret minefields of life together. Enjoy your victorious secrets! |
| body language of couples: Relationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples Jerry Bigner, Joseph L. Wetchler, 2014-01-14 Use new knowledge of the LGBT culture to ably counsel same-sex couples! Relationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples provides psychologists, therapists, social workers, and counselors with an overview of the array of treatment issues they may face when working with couples from the LGBT community. This book highlights the experiences of therapists who have encountered concerns particular to LGBT clients—especially those in intimate relationships. This intriguing resource covers clinical issues, sex therapy, special situations, and training issues for helping therapists successfully counsel same-sex couples. Relationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples explores the therapist’s role in working through universal issues in couples therapy—such as communication problems, infidelity, and decision-making—with a focus on how therapy should differ for same-sex couples. This important guide also identifies which problems are unique to couples as an aspect of their sexual orientation, including gender role socialization and societal oppression. With this book, you will be able provide appropriate therapy without over- or under-attributing a couple’s problems to their LGBT status. This book shows how experienced therapists have developed methods for working with: gay and lesbian parents heterosexual spouses and ex-spouses couples in HIV serodiscordant relationships “lesbian bed death” couple and family dynamics supporting transgender and sexual reassignment issues and more! Relationship Therapy with Same-Sex Couples contains several features for you to utilize in your own practice, including the Sexual Orientation Matrix for Supervision (SOMS) to assist supervisors and trainers in preparing supervisees to work with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients. The book also offers guidelines for heterosexual therapists who plan to work with same-sex couples and how to overcome any residual homophobia or heterosexual guilt. Lastly, this essential sourcebook reviews several articles, book chapters, books, and Web sites that are relevant to same-sex couples and the therapists who work with them. |
| body language of couples: Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Timothy J. O'Farrell, William Fals-Stewart, 2012-03-12 This eminently practical guide presents an empirically supported approach for treating people with substance abuse problems and their spouses or domestic partners. Behavioral couples therapy (BCT) explicitly focuses on both substance use and relationship issues, and is readily compatible with 12-step approaches. In a convenient large-size format, the book provides all the materials needed to introduce BCT; implement a recovery contract to support abstinence; work with clients to increase positive activities, improve communication, and reduce relapse risks; and deal with special treatment challenges. Appendices include a session-by-session treatment manual and 70 reproducible checklists, forms, and client education posters. |
| body language of couples: The Narcissistic / Borderline Couple Joan Lachkar, 2004 In this second edition of her groundbreaking book, Dr. Joan Lachkar addresses the ever-changing faces and phases of narcissism within the context of marital therapy and discusses the new developments in the treatment of marital conflict. Drawing from many different theoretical frameworks, mainly self-psychology (Kohut) and object relations (Klein), the works of D.W, Winnicott, and Kernberg are expanded to further explain why couples stay in painful, conflictual, never-ending relationships (traumatic bonding). The new chapters, case illustrations, and updated treatment sequences are invaluable to both beginning and experienced clinicians. The Narcissistic / Borderline Couple is an essential text for every marital therapist, offering an improved understanding of marital pathology within the framework of our changing world.--Publisher's description. |
| body language of couples: Treating Couples Hilda Kessler, 1996-02-14 A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique Therapists who want to work skillfully with couples are often confronted with a confusing array of theories, techniques, and myths. Treating Couples creatively addresses many of these challenging issues while shining a light to help therapists navigate through this confusing maze. --Ellyn Bader, Ph.D., co-director, The Couples Institute, Menlo Park, California Treating Couples weeds through the treatment trAnds?and presents a rational framework for assessing which methods will most effectively meet clients' needs and expectations. This is an accessible guide for the wide range of professionals who practice couples therapy. Treating Couples promotes the clinical functions of evaluation, assessment, judgment, and hypothesis-formation and testing and will serve as an invaluable resource for determining which approaches are the most ethical, flexible, and creative for the effective treatment of couples. |
| body language of couples: Intimate Couple Jon Carlson, Len Sperry, 2013-06-17 As important as intimacy is in our personal and professional lives, intimacy as a theoretical and clinical factor still remains a phenomenon. Contributors to this work examine the many definitions of intimacy, putting forth a provocative discussion of the multi-faceted topic and offering the best possible clinical methods of creating intimacy and addressing its challenges. |
| body language of couples: The Good Enough Couple: Rules for a Relationship Alfons Vansteenwegen, 2019-05-07 This book, from a true expert in couples therapy, can inspire partners willing to work on their relationship. Although previously unknown to American couples, Vansteenwegen is widely acknowledged in Europe and beyond as one of the leaders in the field. This book was previously translated from Dutch to German, Italian, Afrikaans, Greek, Spanish, Hungarian, Chinese, Turkish and French. |
| body language of couples: A Couple State of Mind Mary Morgan, 2018-10-12 A Couple State of Mind is a much anticipated book aimed at an international audience of practitioners, students and teachers of psychoanalytic couple therapy, describes the Tavistock Relationships model of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy, drawing on both historical and contemporary ideas, including the author’s own theoretical contributions. The book references contemporary influences of other psychoanalytic approaches to couples, particularly from an international perspective. It will be invaluable for all students learning about psychoanalytic work with couples for other psychoanalytic practitioners interested in this field. |
| body language of couples: The Couple, Marriage, and Family Practitioner Stephen V. Flynn, PhD, LPC, LMFT-S, NCC, ACS, 2023-02-25 This textbook purposefully, professionally, and politically correctly covers CACREP standards and COAMFTE key elements and brings awareness to the application of systemic models and techniques in today's world. Current day concerns such as COVID-19, relevant social justice issues, and telebehavioral health are discussed along with ethical implications to help develop appropriate and timely systemic skills. Educators who are seeking a resource that provides an excellent and objective presentation of systemic history, ethics, skills, current issues, and even current topics more specifically related to youth will find this the ideal resource. Tracy Baldo Senstock, PhD Associate Dean, School of Counseling Walden University Delivers the knowledge and skills to help today's diverse clients in an increasingly complex world Sweeping in breadth and depth, this is the most comprehensive guide available to examine contemporary issues and interventions in couple, marriage, and family therapy. Designed for masters and doctoral level students, it helps clinicians to examine their professional identity; family systems and systems theory; current issues facing today’s families, couples, and children; and how to apply skills, interventions, and assessments to provide optimal service to clients. The book is distinguished by its focus on the intersection of marriage and family therapy and the counseling professions. Also included is key information about multiculturalism, intersectionality, nontraditional families, and other social justice issues as well as a dedicated chapter centered on working with people of color and underrepresented couples and families. The text also covers issues affecting today's youth and relevant youth-based skills, interventions, and assessments; and contemporary issues related to crisis, disaster, mental health, technology, and telebehavioral health. Voices from the Field sections from diverse practitioners underscore important information. Each chapter provides clear definitions, descriptions, and relevant scholarship along with activities and examples showcasing the use of systemic theory, contextual issues, major interventions, relevant technology, and skills. Instructors will have access to an Instructor's Manual, a Test Bank, and chapter PowerPoints. Key Features: Delivers an in-depth exploration of family-based issues, theories, and skills related to diversity, multiculturalism, intersectionality, and racism/discrimination Examines professional identity, the connection between contemporary issues and systemic theory, professional organizations, practice-based information, and more Uniquely addresses the integration of foundational counseling skills and systematic interventions Presents Voices from the Field, first-person accounts from diverse clinicians working with people of color, LGBTQIA+ clientele, and other underrepresented populations Each chapter includes student activities and additional resources to facilitate learning The Instructor's Manual provides a detailed matrix indicating how the text maps to CACREP and COAMFTE accreditation standards |
| body language of couples: Interracial, Intercultural, and Interfaith Couples and Families Across the Life Cycle Gita Seshadri, |
| body language of couples: Integrative Couple Therapy in Action Arthur C. Nielsen, 2022-04-26 Integrative Couple Therapy in Action offers a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to handling the most common problems and crisis situations seen by couple therapists. Drawing on the latest literature and the author’s experience of over 40 years, Nielsen investigates what makes certain issues, such as sex, or situations, such as extramarital affairs, so stressful for clients and challenging for therapists. Unlike most graduate programs and texts on couple therapy that focus on theory and technique, Integrated Couple Therapy in Action fills in the details. The chapters cover common presenting problems (sex, money, children, and the stresses of time, work, and simply living together) and then discuss catastrophic crisis situations (couples reeling from affairs, contemplating divorce, divorcing, or living in stepfamilies after divorcing). Integrative Couple Therapy in Action provides one-stop shopping for readers of all skill levels interested in understanding the subject matter that bedevils so many couples. |
| body language of couples: A Roadmap for Couple Therapy Arthur C. Nielsen, 2016-06-17 A Roadmap for Couple Therapy offers a comprehensive, flexible, and user-friendly template for conducting couple therapy. Grounded in an in-depth review of the clinical and research literature, and drawing on the author’s 40-plus years of experience, it describes the three main approaches to conceptualizing couple distress and treatment—systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral—and shows how they can be integrated into a model that draws on the best of each. Unlike multi-authored texts in which each chapter presents a distinct brand of couple therapy, this book simultaneously engages multiple viewpoints and synthesizes them into a coherent model. Covering fundamentals and advanced techniques, it speaks to both beginning therapists and experienced clinicians. Therapists will find A Roadmap for Couple Therapy an invaluable resource as they help distressed couples repair and revitalize their relationships. |
| body language of couples: Love Rewired David Kavanagh, 2016-02-22 Love Rewired is a fascinating examination of how developments in brain science can be employed to improve our relationships. The author uses extensive case studies from his work as a therapist combined with his vast knowledge of brain science to answer some fundamental questions that intrigue us all, such as: What happens in our brain when we argue?Where do our habits come from?Do men and women have different brains?Do our brains cause affairs?Is sex really addictive?Can brain science make us better parents?Why do we stay in bad relationships?Why do people change after marriage?Can you really change someone you love? About the Author: David Kavanagh is a dating coach and registered family therapist. His advice has appeared in magazines such as Stellar, U and FHM, and newspapers such as the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner and Sunday Business Post. On the BBC hit TV show You're Not the Man I Married, he helped six married couples regain their spark. He has appeared on The Ryan Tubridy Show as a dating expert and can often be heard on Newstalk, BBC Radio Northern Ireland and Spin fm. He manages a team of relationship consultants who prepare engaged couples for marriage, and runs mindfulness programmes in Ireland and the UK. He also consults for Synaptic Potential, one of Europe’s leading neuroscience training organisations. |
| body language of couples: Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia of Knowledge and Language , 1888 |
| body language of couples: Psychoanalytic Couple Therapy David E. Scharff, Jill Savege Scharff, 2018-05-01 In this time of vulnerable marriages and partnerships, many couples seek help for their relationships. Psychoanalytic couple therapy is a growing application of psychoanalysis for which training is not usually offered in most psychoanalytic and analytic psychotherapy programs. This book is both an advanced text for therapists and a primer for new students of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Its twenty-eight chapters cover the major ideas underlying the application of psychoanalysis to couple therapy, many clinical illustrations of cases and problems in various dimensions of the work. The international group of authors comes from the International Psychotherapy Institute based in Washington, DC, and the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) in London. The result is a richly international perspective that nonetheless has theoretical and clinical coherence because of the shared vision of the authors. |
| body language of couples: Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy Gina Pera, Arthur L. Robin, 2016-01-08 Since ADHD became a well-known condition, decades ago, much of the research and clinical discourse has focused on youth. In recent years, attention has expanded to the realm of adult ADHD and the havoc it can wreak on many aspects of adult life, including driving safety, financial management, education and employment, and interpersonal difficulties. Adult ADHD-Focused Couple Therapy breaks new ground in explaining and suggesting approaches for treating the range of challenges that ADHD can create within a most important and delicate relationship: the intimate couple. With the help of contributors who are experts in their specialties, Pera and Robin provide the clinician with a step-by-step, nuts-and-bolts approach to help couples enhance their relationship and improve domestic cooperation. This comprehensive guide includes psychoeducation, medication guidelines, cognitive interventions, co-parenting techniques, habit change and communication strategies, and ADHD-specific clinical suggestions around sexuality, money, and cyber-addictions. More than twenty detailed case studies provide real-life examples of ways to implement the interventions. |
| body language of couples: The Asperger Couple's Workbook Maxine C. Aston, 2009 Aston has created this workbook to help couples where one partner has AS. With candid advice, activities and worksheets, she explores a variety of approaches. She identifies specific issues, such verbal and non-verbal communication, sexual issues, socializing and parenting, and comes up with simple and effective ways of addressing these issues. |
| body language of couples: The Distracted Couple Larry Maucieri PhD, Jon Carlson PsyD, 2014-01-23 In total, this volume addresses many of the issues that couples face when either one or both partners has ADHD and the many ways that clinicians can help them in dealing with these issues.Although historically the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD have focused on children, more recently clinicians and researchers have explored the impact of ADHD on adults. Few, however, have focused on the effects of adult ADHD on relationships and marriages, which makes this a must-read for all of those interested in and working with adults with ADHD. |
The Couples Communica0on Workbook - Between Sessions
The Couples Communica0on Workbook is part of a series of therapy assignment books designed to give therapists and their clients easy access to prac=cal evidence-based psychotherapy …
Can We Talk? Improving Couples' Communication - Dartmouth
Using negative words, phrases, and body language often causes misinterpretations and discourages good listening. When speaking, it is important to use positive (or neutral) words, …
COUPLES EXERCISES - Wilmington Mental Health
While they are speaking, your job is to only listen. Do not speak at all until the timer goes off but feel free to give your partner non-verbal encouragement or empathy through body language, …
Communication Skills for Healthy Relationships - Dr. D’Arienzo
Use body language to indicate your interest and attention, and encourage the other person to speak: – Keep up good eye contact. – Lean forward, nod your head, make encouraging …
Strengthening Your Connec on: An Imago Couples Therapy …
LaKelly Hunt, Imago Couples Therapy provides couples with tools to navigate challenges, reconnect emo onally, and build a more conscious and fulfilling partnership. There are four …
Using Open Body Language to Express and Connection
This exercise is about using your body language to express your openness to your partner. It is designed to make you more aware of how you communicate with your body language and to …
Couples Communication Webinar: The Art of Active Listening
Active Listening – the art of listening. It takes effort! Demonstrate understanding of how your partner feels (i.e., “I can see how this bothers you.”) What is Communication? What Shuts …
BODY LANGUAGE GUIDES TO INTIMACY SIGNALS|What …
Perhaps the most consistent body language channel of love, however, is touch. Couples in love engage in “tie signs”—holding hands, arms around the shoulders, or touching knees when …
for EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY
how couples interact and how change occurs within the couple. We can reflect upon the differences among these models by exploring how each one approaches the main objectives …
Couples Counseling 101: Steps to Improve Communication
Couples counseling 101: Steps to Improve Communication • Understand the four basic styles of communication • Learn effective and healthy ways to communicate • Develop a plan for change
The Distribution of Chapman’s Love Languages in Couples: …
Chapman identified and described Five Love Languages (LLs), principal value systems by which individuals communicate and anticipate expression of affection: Words of Affirmation, Quality …
Communication patterns and marital satisfaction: A review of …
communication dynamics have on the well-being of couples (Glebova and Knudson-Martin 2023). From the subtle nuances of tone and body language to the explicit expressions of needs and …
THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES
Observe your partner’s body language. Refuse to interrupt. Learning to Talk. Self-revelation does not come easy for some of us. Awareness and expression of our emotions (glad, mad, sad, …
Body Language Couples Standing Side By Side
This comprehensive guide delves into the subtle nuances of body language couples display when standing together, providing you with the knowledge to interpret these silent signals. We'll …
Body Language Couples Standing Side By Side / Mark Asher …
Within these pages, you’ll discover how to display the body language necessary for making solid connections with potential mates, uncover the mysteries of man himself, and find handy new …
Loving Couples [PDF]
Loving Couples: Loving in Flow Susan K. Perry,2003 Based upon the concept of Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi s international bestseller ... look in the eyes of two people in love impossible …
Body Language: An Effective Communication Tool
Body language describes the method of communicating using body movements or gestures instead of, or in addition to, verbal language. The interpretation of body language, such as …
Acts of Service Gifts Physical Touch - Therapist Aid
When you and your partner use different languages, it can be difficult to communicate your feelings. By learning your partner’s love language— and helping them learn yours—you will be …
Picture Body Language Couples - goramblers.org
Picture body language couples is a fascinating field that reveals a wealth of information beyond the surface level of a photograph. By understanding the nuances of nonverbal communication, …
Active Listening: Communication Skill - Therapist Aid
Use verbal and nonverbal communication. Body language and short verbal cues that match the speaker’s affect (e.g. responding excitedly if the speaker is excited) show interest and …
The Couples Communica0on Workbook - Between Sessions
The Couples Communica0on Workbook is part of a series of therapy assignment books designed to give therapists and their clients easy access to prac=cal evidence-based psychotherapy …
Can We Talk? Improving Couples' Communication - Dartmouth
Using negative words, phrases, and body language often causes misinterpretations and discourages good listening. When speaking, it is important to use positive (or neutral) words, …
COUPLES EXERCISES - Wilmington Mental Health
While they are speaking, your job is to only listen. Do not speak at all until the timer goes off but feel free to give your partner non-verbal encouragement or empathy through body language, …
Communication Skills for Healthy Relationships - Dr. D’Arienzo
Use body language to indicate your interest and attention, and encourage the other person to speak: – Keep up good eye contact. – Lean forward, nod your head, make encouraging …
Strengthening Your Connec on: An Imago Couples Therapy …
LaKelly Hunt, Imago Couples Therapy provides couples with tools to navigate challenges, reconnect emo onally, and build a more conscious and fulfilling partnership. There are four …
Using Open Body Language to Express and Connection
This exercise is about using your body language to express your openness to your partner. It is designed to make you more aware of how you communicate with your body language and to …
Couples Communication Webinar: The Art of Active Listening
Active Listening – the art of listening. It takes effort! Demonstrate understanding of how your partner feels (i.e., “I can see how this bothers you.”) What is Communication? What Shuts …
BODY LANGUAGE GUIDES TO INTIMACY SIGNALS|What is …
Perhaps the most consistent body language channel of love, however, is touch. Couples in love engage in “tie signs”—holding hands, arms around the shoulders, or touching knees when …
for EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY
how couples interact and how change occurs within the couple. We can reflect upon the differences among these models by exploring how each one approaches the main objectives …
Couples Counseling 101: Steps to Improve Communication
Couples counseling 101: Steps to Improve Communication • Understand the four basic styles of communication • Learn effective and healthy ways to communicate • Develop a plan for change
The Distribution of Chapman’s Love Languages in Couples: …
Chapman identified and described Five Love Languages (LLs), principal value systems by which individuals communicate and anticipate expression of affection: Words of Affirmation, Quality …
Communication patterns and marital satisfaction: A review of …
communication dynamics have on the well-being of couples (Glebova and Knudson-Martin 2023). From the subtle nuances of tone and body language to the explicit expressions of needs and …
THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES
Observe your partner’s body language. Refuse to interrupt. Learning to Talk. Self-revelation does not come easy for some of us. Awareness and expression of our emotions (glad, mad, sad, …
Body Language Couples Standing Side By Side
This comprehensive guide delves into the subtle nuances of body language couples display when standing together, providing you with the knowledge to interpret these silent signals. We'll …
Body Language Couples Standing Side By Side / Mark Asher …
Within these pages, you’ll discover how to display the body language necessary for making solid connections with potential mates, uncover the mysteries of man himself, and find handy new …
Loving Couples [PDF]
Loving Couples: Loving in Flow Susan K. Perry,2003 Based upon the concept of Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi s international bestseller ... look in the eyes of two people in love impossible …
Body Language: An Effective Communication Tool
Body language describes the method of communicating using body movements or gestures instead of, or in addition to, verbal language. The interpretation of body language, such as …
Acts of Service Gifts Physical Touch - Therapist Aid
When you and your partner use different languages, it can be difficult to communicate your feelings. By learning your partner’s love language— and helping them learn yours—you will be …
Picture Body Language Couples - goramblers.org
Picture body language couples is a fascinating field that reveals a wealth of information beyond the surface level of a photograph. By understanding the nuances of nonverbal communication, …
Active Listening: Communication Skill - Therapist Aid
Use verbal and nonverbal communication. Body language and short verbal cues that match the speaker’s affect (e.g. responding excitedly if the speaker is excited) show interest and …
