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 | | Couples Therapy by Linda Berg-Cross ISBN-10: 9780803971288 ISBN-10: 0-8039-7128-1 ISBN-13: 9780803971288 ISBN-13: 978-0-8039-7128-8 Hardcover 1997-02-19 Sage Publications, Inc Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description "The use of exercises and clinical vignettes is an important strength. . . . A major contribution is that the text could be recommended by family therapists to their clients, which would greatly enhance the therapist-client therapeutic relationship. . . . This is a very practical text dealing with how clinicians from different orientations and professions could assist their clients with their interpersonal relationship problems. Couples Therapy is particularly useful for marriage and family therapists, clinical psychologists, social workers, counselors, pastoral counselors, and psychiatrists." --Freddy A. Paniagua, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch "Easily accessible for beginning-level therapists/counselors, Couples Therapy includes lots of practical suggestions, in enough detail to be readily usable." --Sally Stabb, Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Texas Woman's University "I liked Linda Berg-Cross's approach very much. She blends research and clinical knowledge, behavioral and psychodynamic approaches, and theory and practice in an easily understandable form. . . . I also really enjoyed the author's writing style. . . . It's clear, concise, down to earth, and easy to follow. . . . I think the style will be highly appealing to clinicians and beginning grad students. . . . . Couples Therapy is also research-informed and very comprehensive in scope. . . . Its scope and sensitivity go beyond typical marital therapy texts." --Richard E. Heyman, Department of Psychology, SUNY at Stony Brook Help couples work toward establishing successful, fulfilling relationships using Couples Therapy, a practical, skills-based book. Based on the latest research but also integrating a variety of theoretical orientations, this book shows students and practicing therapists how to build effective interventions with couples. Using theories and findings from research, author Linda Berg-Cross bases her integrative approach around four basic domains, or cornerstones, of relationships: resiliency, development of social support, adaptability, and self-fulfillment. She then builds on each cornerstone to explore common issues that can lead to trouble within relationships, including anger, depression, anxiety, parenting, home and paid work, in-laws, communication, sexuality, and spirituality. Chapter features also include self-assessment questionnaires that therapists can easily use with clients, therapeutic exercises that couples can use either in sessions or on their own to set goals for improvement, and recommended books and videos for clients. Also providing suggestions for applications, this book examines case examples, intervention suggestions for the therapist, outlines for planning couples' group sessions, and questions to help the student or practitioner deepen his or her understanding of the issues covered in the chapter. Integrating cognitive-behavioral, rational-emotive, family systems, psychodynamic, and humanistic approaches to couples work, Couples Therapy offers a model that cuts across theoretical disciplines. Valuable to therapeutic professionals, this book also functions well as a text for counseling/clinical psychology and social work courses in marriage and couples therapy, especially at master's and certification levels. | ||
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Comprehensive and very interesting book! I can really recommend this book! Being a psychologist myself, I have always been on the alert for integrative approaches to couples therapy. This book is one of them! The author skillfully blends psychological theories and studies with her daily experience as a therapist. Especially interesting are the following features: - A solid foundation in research findings - Case studies with illuminating therapist interventions - Self explorations - Sample Workshop charts (if you decide to teach parts of the book in a workshop) - A comprehensive bibliography both for couples and therapists - An eclectic approach, integrating cognitive-behavior, sociocognitive, psychodynamic and humanistic therapy approaches If you need suggestions for working with couples, I am sure you will find some of then in this book. Taking everything together, Linda Berg-Cross truly succeeded in writing a comprehensive book about couples therapy! | ||