| couples therapy early in relationship: The Hard Questions Susan Piver, 2021-06-22 A revised and expanded edition of the classic relationship book that has helped thousands of couples shape a shared vision for their lives together. With this simple-yet-profound relationship tool, Susan Piver shows couples at any stage of their relationships--whether they are considering engagement, have been married for decades, or just want to deepen their connection--how they can forge and strengthen lasting, intimate bonds. Focusing on key areas such as home, money, work, community, and family, The Hard Questions contains 100 thought-provoking questions for couples to ask each other, including: • What will our home look like? • What are our professional goals? • How do you feel about sharing our life on social media? • Will we try to have children, and if so, when? The Hard Questions provides couples with guidance and support for having the kind of conversations that will lead them to a deeper understanding of each other and a happy, healthy, and prosperous future together. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: In Quest of the Mythical Mate Ellyn Bader, Peter Pearson, 2013-05-13 In Quest of the Mythical Mate presents a valuable and fertile developmental model for diagnosing and treating couples that is flexible enough to incorporate a wide variety of intervention strategies, yet purposeful enough to give a clear sense of direction to couples in distress. As such, this volume provides a powerful therapeutic approach for all professionals who treat couples. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Can This Marriage Be Saved? Paul Popenoe, 2008-11 Can This Marriage Be Saved? by Paul Popenoe Other Books by Paul Popenoe MODERN MARRIAGE: A HANDBOOK FOR MEN MARRIAGE BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT DIVORCE - 17 WAYS TO AVOID IT Introduction: Marriage Counseling at the American Institute of Family Relations When the American Institute of Family Relations opened its doors in Los Angeles, California, on February 4, 1930, we were incorporated as a nonprofit organization dedicated to employing the resources of modern science to strengthen marriage and family life. At that time there was much talk about the rising divorce rate, but almost no concerted effort was made to check it. Our undertaking, with skilled services available to everybody at minimum cost, was the first of its kind in the world. In the beginning we had a group of four nationally known psychological consultants and eight medical consultants on whom to call whenever necessary. I myself did all of the marriage counseling with the sole aid of a retired psychiatric social worker, who also acted as the receptionist in our offices. To a large section of the general public in that day the purpose of marriage counseling was a mystery. Our first client, a woman, appeared at my desk with a poorly dressed, dejected man who she announced was penniless. Despite this liability, she wanted to marry him. She had been informed that our chief function was to promote successful marriages, and she suggested it was my responsibility to lend her companion enough money so they could marry and start a new home. Unfortunately, my assistant and I were unable to meet this challenge thus we failed on our very first case! Another client of those early days was an orange grower to whom I gave a personality test. He listened with interest as I explained the results and said, That's just about right. Then he asked, Do you believe in numerology? Not at all, I replied. It hasn't the slightest scientific standing. Well, he rejoined, I consulted a numerologist before coming here, and he told me exactly what you have just told me only he didn't charge me so much for it! Still another client reported to me that his wife complained he did not support the family adequately, but that their money troubles were really all her fault. She controlled the finances and would not let him have enough capital to carry on his business and make a living. What is your business? I asked, and he replied after a momentary pause, I play the races. Most of our clients, of course, were burdened by far more serious worries. At that time Los Angeles had no Family Service, and people appealed to us with a wide range of questions they could not get answered elsewhere. A breakdown of our first 1000 cases shows that we gave assistance in premarital and child welfare problems, and advised on matters of education, law, heredity, and sex. Only 245 of our first 1000 cases were concerned with marital maladjustment amp field which now represents the major part of our work. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Counseling Before Marriage Everett L. Worthington, 1990 Everett Worthington's study on counseling before marriage is part of the Resources for Christian Counseling series, a series that combines the best of current psychological insight with rigorous adherence to Scripture. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Divorce Busting Michele Weiner Davis, 1993-02 A step-by-step approach to making your marriage loving again. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Projective Identification and Psychotherapeutic Technique Thomas H. Ogden, 1982 An examination of projective identification and its clinical uses from a Kleinian perspective. The author puts forward the hypothesis that identification is the patient's way of mastering significant trauma. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work John Gottman, PhD, Nan Silver, 2015-05-05 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over a million copies sold! “An eminently practical guide to an emotionally intelligent—and long-lasting—marriage.”—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage. Here is the culmination of that work: the seven principles that guide couples on a path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. Straightforward yet profound, these principles teach partners new approaches for resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater levels of intimacy. Gottman offers strategies and resources to help couples collaborate more effectively to resolve any problem, whether dealing with issues related to sex, money, religion, work, family, or anything else. Packed with new exercises and the latest research out of the esteemed Gottman Institute, this revised edition of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is the definitive guide for anyone who wants their relationship to attain its highest potential. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Hold on to Your N.U.T.s* Wayne M. Levine, 2007 Being a man is a full-time job, especially when you?re married or in a relationship. Hold on to Your N.U.T.s can help build a life that fulfills both you and your partner by showing you how to confirm the ideas and causes you support?your Non-negotiable, Unalterable Terms. The N.U.T.s become the framework for how you conduct your relationships, whether you?re committed to spending more one-on-one time with your kids or not hiding out at the office to avoid problems with your wife. By laying down guidelines of what's right and wrong, what you like and dislike, you will learn to silence the little boy inside and become a strong, self-assured man who is focused on creating the best life possible for you and your companion. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: True Love Dates Debra K. Fileta, 2013-10-08 It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to kiss dating goodbye but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy Susan M. Johnson, Valerie E. Whiffen, 2005-12-15 This practical book presents cutting-edge approaches to couple and family therapy that use attachment theory as the basis for new clinical understandings. Fresh and provocative insights are provided on the nature of interactions between adult partners and among parents and children; the role of attachment in distressed and satisfying relationships; and the ways attachment-oriented interventions can address individual problems as well as marital conflict and difficult family transitions. With contributions from leading clinicians and researchers, the volume offers both general strategies and specific techniques for helping clients build stronger, more supportive relational bonds. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Understanding and Lifting Depression Without Drugs Joe Griffin, Ivan Tyrrell, 2005 |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The 72 Hour Rule Margot Brown, 2011 The 72 Hour Rule focuses on helping adult individuals and couples to communicate more effectively. This book helps the reader identify their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Then, the reader is guided through a series of topics, and real-time stories and exercises that will help them achieve successful communication with their partner. This book provides easy-to-use step-by-step exercises to help couples improve their relationship. This book examines substance abuse, violence, mental illness, unemployment, family dynamics, and affairs as topics of discussion, and is a breakthrough for all partners who avoid couples therapy or who have had a previous negative counseling experience. This book is based on both research and experience. Read this book as a couple together; integrate new communication tools into your relationship. The 72 Hour Rule is a simple and effective guideline to a more caring and connected partnership. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Betrayal Trauma Recovery Anne Blythe, 2019-05-05 A daily journal for women wondering if their husband's behavior is abusive. For women trying to determine if they should leave or stay. To help women decide if they want to divorce. A daily journal to help victims understand the reality and severity of their situation. For women who are considering separation or divorce due to their husband's lying, gaslighting, infidelity, emotional abuse, narcissistic behaviors. Visit btr.org for more information, and listen to the Betrayal Trauma Recovery podcast found on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and other podcasting platforms. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Couples in Conflict Ronald W. Richardson, 2010-10 Couples in Conflict describes the nature of the emotional processes leading to difficulties and how a minister/ counselor can be a resource to help couples in conflict. The minister/counselor will be able to help them improve their lives personally, as well as their relationship and family life. By extension, couples will also develop skills that will improve their work life and their life in community. The book provides practical and specific approaches to helping these couples and the issues that a minister must deal with in order to be useful to them. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Couple Therapy for Infertility Ronny Diamond, 1999-09-07 Describes a unique therapeutic approach developed to treat couples confronting the painful challenge of infertility. Therapists learn how they can help clients acknowledge and accept the possibility of not having genetically related children; understand the increasing array of available treatment options; and assess the potential gains, pitfalls, and psychological effects of each one. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Therapist's Guide to Creating Acceptance and Change, Second Edition Andrew Christensen, Brian D. Doss, Neil S. Jacobson, 2020-09-15 The definitive therapist manual for Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)—one of the most empirically supported approaches to couple therapy. Andrew Christensen, codeveloper (along with the late Neil Jacobson) of Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, and Brian Doss provide an essential manual for their evidence-based practice. The authors offer guidance on formulation, assessment, and feedback of couples’ distress from an IBCT perspective. They also detail techniques to achieve acceptance and deliberate change. In this updated edition of the work, readers learn about innovations to the IBCT approach in the 20+ years since the publication of the original edition—including refinements of core therapeutic techniques. Additionally, this edition provides new guidance on working with diverse couples, complex clinical issues, and integrating technology into a course of treatment. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Eight Dates John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Doug Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams, 2019-02-05 Whether you’re newly together and eager to make it work or a longtime couple looking to strengthen and deepen your bond, Eight Dates offers a program of how, why, and when to have eight basic conversations with your partner that can result in a lifetime of love. “Happily ever after” is not by chance, it’s by choice– the choice each person in a relationship makes to remain open, remain curious, and, most of all, to keep talking to one another. From award-winning marriage researcher and bestselling author Dr. John Gottman and fellow researcher Julie Gottman, Eight Dates offers an ingenious and simple-to-implement approach to effective relationship communication. Here are the subjects that every serious couple should discuss: Trust. Family. Sex and intimacy. Dealing with conflict. Work and money. Dreams, and more. And here is how to talk about them—how to broach subjects that are difficult or embarrassing, how to be brave enough to say what you really feel. There are also suggestions for where and when to go on each date—book your favorite romantic restaurant for the Sex & Intimacy conversation (and maybe go to a yoga or dance class beforehand). There are questionnaires, innovative exercises, real-life case studies, and skills to master, including the Four Skills of Intimate Conversation and the Art of Listening. Because making love last is not about having a certain feeling—it’s about both of you being active and involved. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors Laura Doyle, 2015 Every marriage has its rough patches. If you're wondering how to repair yours, step away from the therapist, put down the magazine, and pick up this book. If you want to build a long, happy, fulfilling marriage, why not learn from the women who've done it? Laura Doyle's marriage was in trouble. After five years, her husband had become distant. He seemed checked out of their relationship, preferring watching TV to making love. There were frequent fights that ended with tense silences and even threats of divorce. Marriage counseling actually made their problems worse. Each session seemed to reinforce the feeling that she and her husband were just too far apart. Desperate to avoid divorcing the man she loved, Laura tried something different. Rather than consulting with experts or professionals, she simply started talking to women who'd been happily married for more than fifteen years. What she discovered shocked her. Everything she had heard in marriage counseling was wrong. Laura realized that there are some basic truths to relationships that can help women maintain loving, intimate marriages, such as: The happiness of your relationship is up to you! Women hold the keys to a happy relationship 95 percent of the time (and will learn what to do the other 5 percent). What men want most of all is to be treated with respect. Treat your man with respect (even if you aren't feeling it), and he will treat you with love and care. Your man wants to know he has your trust. Give it to him, and he'll realize you are special, because you will be! After seeing her own marriage transform, Laura set out to help other women do the same. In this book, you'll learn Laura's Six Intimacy Skills, which have been used by over 50,000 women who have transformed their previously unhappy marriages into blissful unions. Stop reading articles about how important it is to schedule date night, and learn how to transform your relationship into one bursting with energy, intimacy, and love. First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors will put you on the path to having the marriage you want with the man you love-- |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Exaholics Lisa Marie Bobby, 2016-02-10 Severing a cherished relationship is one of the most painful experiences in life—and cutting those emotional ties to a loved one can feel almost like ending an addiction. Up till now, people recovering from other problems were able to get real help—like AA and rehab—while those struggling in the aftermath of traumatic breaks dealt with platitudes and friends insisting they should get over it already. But now Exaholics Anonymous treats getting over an ex like kicking a chemical habit. Written by counselor and therapist Dr. Lisa Bobby, Exaholics offers meaningful support and advice to anyone trapped in the obsessive pain of a broken, or dying, attachment. She helps the brokenhearted heal, showing them, on a deep level, how to develop a conceptual framework for their experience, understand the emotional processes at work inside themselves, find the path to recovery, and free themselves of shame, injured ego, and remorse. In-depth case studies of others' journeys will illuminate the way to future happiness. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: 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. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Sync Your Relationship, Save Your Marriage Peter Fraenkel, Ph.D., 2011-03-15 Award-winning couples therapist Peter Fraenkel argues that most relationship problems can be traced to partners being out of sync on the powerful but mostly hidden dimension of time. Differences in daily rhythms, personal pace, punctuality, time perspective, and priorities about how time is allocated can all lead to couple conflict. Yet the fascinating fact is that these polarizing time differences play a potent role in attracting lovers in the first place. In this trailblazing new book, he draws on his original research to show how a clearer understanding of these forces can improve the health of your relationship and even rescue a failing one. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Mating in Captivity Esther Perel, 2007-10-30 One of the world’s most respected voices on erotic intelligence, Esther Perel offers a bold, provocative new take on intimacy and sex. Mating in Captivity invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a couples therapist, Perel examines the complexities of sustaining desire. Through case studies and lively discussion, Perel demonstrates how more exciting, playful, and even poetic sex is possible in long-term relationships. Wise, witty, and as revelatory as it is straightforward, Mating in Captivity is a sensational book that will transform the way you live and love. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Relationship Reset Jen Elmquist, 2017-09-12 Relationship Reset reveals the secrets to becoming a better couple through exposing valuable information from current research and identifying critical insights that make relating easier. By reading Relationship Reset you will learn: The Core Elements--define what's normal for your relationship to experience and how to navigate through the tough spots. The Mind Benders--learn to take personal, thought shifting actions that will change your relationship for the better. The Muscle Builders--engage in exercises together that will strengthen and stabilize your love for a lifetime. Crafted specifically for all couples, Relationship Reset focuses on making committed relationships last by offering simple and essential skills in an interactive format. Whether at the beginning of your union or well down the road, this book will revolutionize your relationship |
| couples therapy early in relationship: She's Got the Wrong Guy Deepak Reju, 2017-10-16 A different kind of dating book, She's Got the Wrong Guy not only details why these are the wrong guys, but also helps single Christian women better understand why they settle for less than God intends. Instead, they will be encouraged to put their hope and happiness in Jesus, not marriage |
| couples therapy early in relationship: What Makes Love Last? John Gottman, John Mordechai Gottman, Nan Silver, 2013-09-10 One of the foremost relationship experts at work today offers creative insight on building trust and avoiding betrayal, helping readers to decode the mysteries of healthy love and relationships-- |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Taking Sexy Back Alexandra H. Solomon, 2020-02-02 “Taking Sexy Back is going directly on my top list of recommended sexuality readings.” —Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs It is time for a new sexual revolution. It’s time to take sexy back. As women, we’re expected to be sexy, but not sexual. We’re bombarded with conflicting, shame-inducing, and disempowering messages about sex, instead of being encouraged to connect with our true sexual selves. Sexy gets reduced to a performance, leaving us with little to no space to reckon with the complexities of sexuality. In a culture intent on telling you who and how to be, standing in your truth is revolutionary. From relationship expert Alexandra Solomon—author of Loving Bravely—Taking Sexy Back is a groundbreaking guide to deepening your connection to yourself, honoring your desires, and cultivating authentic intimate connections. On these pages, you’ll discover how to deepen your sexual self-awareness, and use that awareness to create experiences that not only pleasure, but elevate, expand, and heal you. You’ll learn to understand your boundaries, communicate what feels good, and bring mindfulness and self-compassion to sex. Most importantly, you’ll embrace your sexuality as an evolving, essential, and beautiful part of your life. Sex is about more than what your partner enjoys or finds sexy. It’s about more than having an orgasm or finding the “right” positions. It’s about you. It’s time to take your sexy back! Named one of Cosmopolitan's Best Nonfiction Books of 2020! 2020 Consumer Book Honorable Mention from The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) As featured on The Morning Show—Australia's top-rated morning program |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The Great Mental Models, Volume 1 Shane Parrish, Rhiannon Beaubien, 2024-10-15 Discover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The Marriage Checkup James V. Córdova, 2009-05-11 The Marriage Checkup is designed to help couples assess the strengths and weaknesses of their relationship and to develop strategies for strengthening its health. Like physical health, the health of a relationship can be developed to greater levels of fitness and resilience to illness. Thus, even healthy couples can benefit from a marital health perspective by developing exercises for optimizing their health and fitness. This book primarily serves couples interested in improving the health of their relationship. Counselors and therapists may recommend that their couples-patients use the book. Additionally, the book may be of interest to professors of marriage and family counseling. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Therapeutic Alliances with Families Valentín Escudero, Myrna L. Friedlander, 2017-09-04 This practical breakthrough introduces a robust framework for family and couples therapy specifically designed for working with difficult, entrenched, and court-mandated situations. Using an original model (the System for Observing Family Therapy Alliances, or SOFTA) suitable to therapists across theoretical lines, the authors detail special challenges, empirically-supported strategies, and alliance-building interventions organized around common types of ongoing couple and family conflicts. Copious case examples illustrate how therapists can empower family members to discover their agency, find resources to address tough challenges, and especially repair their damaged relationships. These guidelines also show how to work effectively within multiple relationships in a family without compromising therapist focus, client individuality, or client safety. Included in the coverage: Using the therapeutic alliance to empower couples and families Couples’ cross-complaints Engaging reluctant adolescents...and their parents Parenting in isolation, with or without a partner Child maltreatment: creating therapeutic alliances with survivors of relational trauma Disadvantaged, multi-stressed families: adrift in a sea of professional helpers Empowering through the alliance: a practical formulation Therapeutic Alliances with Families offers powerful new tools for social workers, mental health professionals, and practitioners working in couple and family therapy cases with reluctant clients and seeking specific, practical case examples and resources for alliance-related interventions. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The Divorce Remedy Michele Weiner Davis, 2002-09-04 Provides advice for couples contemplating divorce who still hope to save their marriages, and suggests ways to deal with infidelity, depression, a midlife crisis, sexual problems, and other common issues. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples Leslie S. Greenberg, Susan M. Johnson, 1988-10-07 This influential volume provides a comprehensive introduction to emotionally focused therapy (EFT): its theoretical foundations, techniques, and clinical practice. EFT is a structured approach to couple therapy that integrates intrapsychic and interpersonal perspectives to help couples create new, more satisfying interactional patterns. Since the original publication of this book, EFT has been implemented and tested with growing numbers of couples in a wide range of settings. The authors, who codeveloped the approach, illuminate the power of emotional experience in relationships and in the process of therapeutic change. The book is richly illustrated with case examples and session transcripts. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: GARF Assessment Sourcebook Lynelle C. Yingling, William E. Miller, Alice L. McDonald, Susan T. Galewaler, 2013-10-28 First published in 1998. The GARF Assessment Sourcebook is a comprehensive guide to the Global Assessment of Relational Functioning (GARF) scale for family assessment. This comprehensive guide to the GARF is an essential tool for practicing professionals as well as students in training programs. It provides a thorough description of each element of the GARF, a comprehensive review of the GARF in relation to other marriage and family assessment tools, summaries of GARF research, and a comprehensive appendix of reproducible GARF-related forms. The GARF Assessment Sourcebook challenges marriage and family therapists to use, evaluate, and refine the GARF so that it may be included in the main portion of the next revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). As managed care becomes more pervasive and providers start giving more direction over treatment options, the GARF will become an important new tool in family mental health treatment to assist clinicians who are struggling to improve services and justify their work to the broader health-care community. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: I Want This to Work Elizabeth Earnshaw, 2023-06-13 A contemporary, culturally inclusive, and easy-to-digest relationship book for the modern age Today’s generation is changing the rules about committed relationships—and looking to create more meaning within their lives. We are more selective before getting married, with more diverse families and family structures, and we’ve seen a significant drop in divorce rates. In this new environment, what couples need more than ever are effective, flexible tools to communicate, navigate hard times, and create deeper connections with each other. Renowned Gottman therapist Elizabeth Earnshaw has helped to transform countless relationships. With I Want This to Work, she presents her most timely and proven steps for relationship success. “We’re in a cultural moment,” she says, “where people are hungry to absorb the principles for healthy relationships. This book answers that call.” Here, couples will learn how to work with the three challenges they must tackle to repair and strengthen their relationships: conflict, healing, and connection. In a supportive and relatable voice, Elizabeth simplifies complex concepts and provides core insights, exercises, and reflections to take these tested principles from the page and into real life. Culturally tuned in, LGBTQIA+ friendly, and written for both married and unmarried couples, this new paperback edition of I Want This to Work brings us an accessible guide to relationship healing and creating enduring intimacy. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Couple Power Therapy Peter L. Sheras, Phyllis R. Koch-Sheras, 2006 This shifts the paradigm away from the therapist's responsibility for success to the couple's responsibility, from the more negative emphasis of focusing on problems to a more positive goal of creating a fulfilling relationship, and from a quick fix to lifelong development skills.--Jacket. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Integrative Systemic Therapy William M. Pinsof, Douglas C. Breunlin, William P. Russell, Jay Lebow, Cheryl Rampage, Anthony L. Chambers, 2018 Providing a comprehensive framework for individual, couple, and family therapy, this resource offers a set of templates that enable therapists to navigate the course of therapy, as well as a treasure trove of case examples to illustrate how therapists can use the IST perspective to treat a wide variety of challenging problems. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Couples Therapy for Domestic Violence Sandra M. Stith, Eric E. McCollum, Karen H. Rosen, 2011 Up to 65% of couples who seek therapy for marital problems have had at least one prior violent episode. Unfortunately, therapists often miss this critical information because they do not effectively assess for it. This book presents a safety-focused approach to assessment and treatment of couples who choose to remain together after one or both partners have been violent. Treatment options for intimate partner violence have evolved alongside the growing awareness and broader definitions of domestic violence. Since 1997 the authors have conducted Domestic Violence Focused Couples Treatment (DVFCT), collected data, and refined their program. The authors outline their assessment and screening process and share case illustrations to demonstrate when conjoint treatment can be a safe and viable option. Readers get an overview of the 18-session course of DVFCT and tips for adapting it for multi-couple groups or for a single couple. The major tenets of solution-focused therapy, such as underscoring even the smallest of successes, are emphasized throughout, as are the following special features: -safety planning -mindfulness techniques for anger awareness and reduction -negotiated time-out procedures -drug and alcohol use modules -psychoeducational tools and materials on violence Therapists will learn how to assess intimate partner violence and help couples eliminate all forms of violence and begin on a positive path toward their vision of a healthy relationship. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The Relationship Alphabet Zach Brittle, 2015-07-07 The Relationship Alphabet is an alphabetical survey of relationship topics based on the research of Dr. John Gottman. The book includes insights on communication, conflict management and friendship building. Practical discussion questions make it easy to turn ideas into action. |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Enhanced Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Couples Norman Epstein, Donald H. Baucom, 2002 Annotation Retaining much of the traditional conceptual model and methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy, Epstein (family studies, U. of Maryland at College Park) and Baucom (clinical psychology, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) seek to enhance the therapy by integrating a developmental perspective on the interaction patterns of the couple and the influences of the couple's physical and interpersonal environment. They describe their model and present the theoretical and empirical foundations for clinical assessment and intervention strategies presented in the latter part of the book. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
| couples therapy early in relationship: The Relationship Protocol Debra M Roberts, 2015-06-22 Are you having trouble communicating with an important person in your life? Are you looking for tools and techniques you can use today? The Relationship Protocol is the easy to use, step-by-step guide on how to communicate effectively in all of your important relationships - romantic, family, business and friendships. Learn how to deal with and resolve real-life conflicts. Navigate tough situations. Take control and defuse heated arguments. Bring up sensitive topics and recover from setbacks. Instill hope when lost, and rebuild trust. Read The Relationship Protocol today to make your relationships more enjoyable and less complicated. www.TheRelationshipProtocol.com |
| couples therapy early in relationship: Adult Asperger's Syndrome Kenneth E. Roberson, 2016-03-31 Do you have Asperger's Syndrome or know someone who does? Are you looking for a reference guide about Asperger's in adults? Do you have questions you'd like to ask an expert in adult Asperger's? If your answer is Yes to any of these questions, this book is for you. Clinical psychologist and Asperger's authority, Dr. Kenneth Roberson, examines the often neglected area of Asperger's in adults, covering topics such as: What causes Asperger's Syndrome? Is it different in adults than it is in children? How can you find out if you have Asperger's? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a diagnosis? What therapy is best for adults who have Asperger's? Can adults with Asperger's change? Are there benefits to having Asperger's? Can adults with Asperger's have intimate relationships? Can they be successful parents? These and many other questions are covered in this important addition to the field of Asperger's as it occurs in adults. Resources and reference material about adult Asperger's are included, along with a feature allowing readers to ask questions of Dr. Roberson. |
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• couples counseling is most effec=ve when communica=on is open and honest, and when partners take responsibility for their own feelings and behaviors; • sessions are kept completely …
Couple Relationship Enhancement Therapy/Prevention: A Skill …
Couples, in the Relationship Enhancement Program learn and practice 9 essential skills. These skills are divided into CORE RE Skills and Associated RE Skills.
Guide to Individual Sessions in EFT Couple …
To refine impressions of attachment fears and needs underlying their interactional positions and to begin to articulate them. Secrets: An EFT therapist informs individual clients that s/he cannot …
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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 of …
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Couples present for therapy to reduce distress in their relationship, or to help prevent separation and/or divorce. Research indicates that couples generally enter treatment when their relationship
Nuts and Bolts of Initial Interview in Couples Therapy
Essential Elements in Early Interviews © 2014-2020 The Couples Institute • Make positive contact with each partner • Understand the problem from each person’s perspective • Name feelings …
OVERVIEW OF GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY
From this research, Drs. John and Julie Gottman have created a method of therapy that emphasizes a nuts-and-bolts approach to improving clients’ relationships. This method is …
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Therapist asks couple to agree to talk about some aspect of how recovery has impacted them as a couple or as a family sharing thoughts and feelings. “Success is a journey, not a destination.”
Overview of the Developmental Model: Stepping Stones To …
•Couples relationships can evolve through a series of normal developmental stages. These stages parallel some of the stages of early childhood development •Progressing through these stages …
Overview of the Developmental Model: Stepping Stones To …
Couples relationships can evolve through a series of normal developmental stages. These stages parallel some of the stages of early childhood development. Many couples have little sense of …
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Status and Challenges
on, emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT), now recognized as one of the most researched and most effective approaches to changing distressed marital re-lationships. Drawing on …
Understanding Couples Therapy - Couples Institute
Good couples therapy increases your clarity about: • The kind of life you want to build together • The kind of partner you aspire to be in order to build the kind of life and relationship you
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Couples therapy is expected to lead to increased satisfaction and stability in a relationship. Common goals ... research indicates premarital workshops may enhance early relationships …
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sible gender differences in the sexual issues reported by couples seeking relationship therapy. In couples who seek relationship therapy, Péloquin et al. (2019) found that women were more …
What’s Wrong With My Partner/ Our Relationship? And What …
wrong with your relationship or your partner. Each day, take a few minutes to jot some of these thoughts down, and reflect on what happens to your mood, your attitude, and your relationship …
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to this article and our model of utilizing early memories and relationship episodes in working with couples as a cotherapy team: 1. Psychodynamic therapists actively focus on identifying …
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the process of having open, honest, and frequent conversations about money. If you’re in a new relationship or have never talked finances before, have a few informal conversations before …
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AN EFT ROADMAP FOR COUPLES by Pat LaDouceur PhD, LMF Stage 1 – Understand Your Strengths and the Patterns that Keep You Stuck Step 1: Set goals for counselling; understand …
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6 helping couples on the brink of divorce Two notes about language: We have chosen to call this protocol dis-cernment counseling rather than discernment therapy with full recognition that …
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wrong with your relationship or your partner. Each day, take a few minutes to jot some of these thoughts down, and reflect on what happens to your mood, your attitude, and your relationship …
Core Values Relationship Questionnaire - Jonathon Aslay
ultimately finding yourself in a truly happy and healthy relationship. Your life is an exciting adventure and the core of what you believe you are dramatically impacts our vision about our …
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However, many of the early systems theorists were also analytically trained or had been analyzed, and so psychoanalysis had an influence on systems theory contributions to family therapy, and …
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EMOTIOnALLY fOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY WITH SUE JOHnSOn, EDD relationship that are unique to an interpersonal encounter. Psychotherapy is an intensely private matter. Unlike …
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Second, when couples did receive therapy, few were treated with evidence-based treatments (Johnson et al., 2002). Third, more couples currently receive relationship education than …
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: A Systematic Review …
& Tasca, 2016) and couples groups (Stavrianopoulos, 2015). The current study focused exclusively on randomized control trials (RCT) with couples. However, Emotionally Focused …
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relationship by taking the PREPARE/ENRICH assessment. For over 35 years, research studies have demonstrated . PREPARE/ENRICH can improve your relationship skills and happiness …
SOLUTION-FOCUSED PREMARITAL COUNSELING: …
Solution-focused therapy is a brief therapy approach that emphasizes clients' strengths and attempts to produce desirable solutions to clients' presenting problems, Solution-focused …
IMAGO RELATIONSHIP THERAPY Trainees’ Toolbox
30 day pledge to eliminating all expressions of negativity in their relationship. Kits are available for couples from www.harvillehendrix.com. These include calendars and stickers to use each day …
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therapist to create strategies to help couples deal with toxic issues that evolve during lifestyle analysis and future therapy sessions. Chapter 6, Sex Therapy: An Adleriam Approach (Carol …
Love And War In Intimate Relationships Connection
Therapy Marion F. Solomon,Stan Tatkin,2011-04-11 Neuroscience and couples therapy come together to help couples break ... genetic predispositions and early experience But we are not …
Financial Influences Impacting Young Adults’ Relationship …
relationship satisfaction contributes to the overall well-being of individuals, couples and families (Amato & Rogers, 1997; Dyrdal, Roysamb, Nes, & Vitterso, 2010). For young adults in the …
Goal-Setting for Couples - Dr. Jan Hoistad Partners
to Long-Lasting Relationship. 2 2018 9529229430 Goal-Setting For Couples, Yours, Mine and Ours: Achieve ALL Your Dreams Together ... These are typically the everyday things that …
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Couples Therapy Communication Worksheets couples therapy communication worksheets: Couples Therapy Workbook Kathleen Mates-Youngman, LMFT, 2014-10-01 Couples Therapy …
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Relationship Therapy on Partner Empathy Levels Christopher D. Schmidt1 and Nathan C. Gelhert2 Abstract Empathy is directly related to one’s satisfaction with a romantic partner, and …
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This is turning into a relationship I hadn’t bargained for. o o The “contract” of our couples relationship is changing. o o I find some of what my partner wants upsetting or repulsive. o o I …
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promote a loving relationship. The same program can enhance relationships that are not in trouble. And it has proven effective with couples across differing levels of commitment. In fact, …
Overview of the Bader-Pearson Developmental Model
Couples Institute. Overview of the Bader-Pearson Developmental Model Your Roadmap for Couples Therapy Sessions Ellyn Bader, Ph.D and Peter Pearson, Ph.D 445 Burgess Dr Suite …
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Book
recognizing that our early experiences shape our relationship patterns and emotional responses. EFT aims to re-establish secure attachment bonds between partners by: ... Couples Therapy …
Overview of Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Gottman Method and Couples Therapy consists of five parts: •!Assessment •! Treatment •!“Phasing out” of therapy •! Termination •! Outcome Evaluation Early in the assessment …
Understanding Couples Therapy - Couples Institute
Drs. Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson have specialized in helping couples since the early 1980s and have been married almost as long. They are co-founders and co-directors of The Couples …
Love And War In Intimate Relationships Connection
Therapy Marion F. Solomon,Stan Tatkin,2011-04-11 Neuroscience and couples therapy come together to help couples break ... genetic predispositions and early experience But we are not …
Broken Bonds: An Emotionally Focused Approach to Infidelity
Infidelity, attachment, emotionally focused couples therapy, forgiveness Infidelitycomesin allshapes and sizes. A one nightstand ata profes-sional conference that is framed as a …
The Sound Relationship House Questionnaires (5 item scale)
relationship even if we are going through hard times. 2. When I am feeling bad, my partner is willing to meet my needs. 3. During a fight, my partner does not threaten to leave me. 4. I am …
Household Income and Trajectories of Marital Satisfaction in …
for variance in couples’ marital satisfaction. Although a few small studies have reported positive associations between income and sat-isfaction in specific populations of couples (e.g., rural …
Going Deeper with Couples’ Communication Problems
Couples Therapists Beware Couples’ communication problems are almost never what the couple thinks they are. Let’s explore what that means for a moment and then proceed to discover 5 …
Integrative model for couples counseling - University of …
An integrative model for couples therapy draws on various theoretical positions, bringing together what works into a coherent system. Integrative therapy requires the therapist to enter the …
Therapeutic Assessment with couples
for 12 years who were at an impasse in couples therapy. The assessment helped the partners explore mutual conflicts around the expression of anger and dependency needs, and to …
The therapy relationship, digital interventions, and their …
ence between teletherapy and in person couples therapy in couples’ satisfaction and sexual satisfac-tion, the session-by-session alliance increased more slowly in teletherapy than in …
Ability to use techniques that engage the couple - UCL
SPECIFIC COUPLES THERAPY TECHNIQUES Ability to use techniques that engage the couple An ability to form and develop a collaborative alliance with each partner and to enlist their …
Rebuilding Trust in Your Relationship - Between Sessions
relationship might not continue. In any relationship, healthy communication plays an important role in establishing or rebuilding trust. Talk honestly and openly, and if conflict arises, “fight fair” …
REBUILDING TRUST - Marital Intimacy Inst
Rebuilding Your Relationship You’re likely to spend months, perhaps years, working to restore trust ... • recognize how you may have been damaged by early life experiences, and how you …
What is Imago Relationship Therapy? - Soulful Relationships …
Individuals and Couples | Groups & Workshops Imago Relationship Therapy (irt) is a form of relationship ther-apy innovated by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. Dr. Hendrix was author of the two …
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse: …
Behavioral Couples Therapy (BCT) has the strongest empiric*] support for its effectiveness. ... improved relationship satisfaction. Recently, investigations exploring other outcomes have …
A Feminist Approach to Family Therapy - JSSA
Feminist therapy grew out of the theory and philosophy of consciousness raising. Central to feminist therapy is the ... The feminist therapeutic relationship itself embodies these principles …
The Premarital Counseling Workbook
County, California. This workbook contains the couples counseling theories, methods and exercises used by me in my own therapy practice. They are a fusion of concepts adapted from …
Let’s Talk About Money: The Role of Attachment Styles in …
communication within couples. This framework has been used in couples therapy (Johnson et al., 1999) to more fully understand couple functioning. If a link between attachment styles and …
