Couple Skills
Couple Skills

Author: Matthew McKay

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2006-12-01

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1608824195

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Love takes work, but, when it comes to relationships, it pays to work smarter. Couple Skills, Second Edition, revised and updated from the therapist-recommended classic, will show you how to work smarter in your relationship. You'll learn to improve communication, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love in healthy and creative ways. Each chapter teaches you an essential skill that supports greater relationship satisfaction and deeper intimacy. New to this edition is a chapter on using acceptance skills, developed from the revolutionary new acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). These new approaches will help you to accept your partner's feelings (and your own emotions) without judgment. Using these techniques will help you decide what you really value in your relationship and then commit to acting in ways that further those values every day.

Couple Skills
Couple Skills

Author: Steve Keller

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-13

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781090415493

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Buy the Paperback Version of this Book and get the Kindle Book version for FREE. If you want to improve your relationship in a stable and effective way, avoiding situations of chaos and conflict, lack of trust, jealousy, boredom and second thoughts, then keep reading. No relationship is ever completely free of problems. Life happens and it can bring all sorts of chaos your way. The days can be full of arguments and quarrels and it may seem that your partner does everything to make things worse. Every little misunderstanding can become a pretext to quarrel, and intimacy seems to have vanished. Or maybe you're starting a new relationship and you want everything to go smoothly from the beginning. You want to know yourself better and establish a deep connection right away, and avoid being found bored, tired, and doubtful by those close to you. Quiet, You Finally Have Access To All The Tips It Takes To Make Your Relationship Happy And Harmonious! With Couple Skills You Can: *Learning more about your partner and their relationship expectations.*Discover how the past can dictate handling the present and future.*How to create a great relationship no matter how bad past ones have been.*Learn ways to communicate that go deeper than words. Couple Skills will teach you the secrets of creating a strong, loving, committed relationship through communication skills that every long-standing marriage has learned over time. You'll get all the tips and step-by-step instruction needed to see nearly immediate improvements in communicating the needs, ants, and desires of you and your partner. You'll also enjoy a multitude of ideas for ways to connect, reconnect, and stay connected on a level you've never experienced previously. Explore everything from emotions to the deeper meanings of partner appreciation. No stone is left unturned in bringing you the most relevant ways to improve day-to-day communications and methods to get your relationship goals back on the same page. Get this book and:*Discover why seemingly good relationships end up in conflict.*Learn the most effective ways to stop conflict right away.*Find out how to tap into the wisdom of long-standing relationships and develop the skills you need to live happy and harmonious lives.*Discover TONS of ways to keep your relationship fresh and fun.*Learn new ways of making your partner feel valued and appreciated.*Find out how to avoid the no-no's that can kill a relationship.*Get the best trust-building tips available that WORK!*Discover how to safeguard your relationship from problems by setting the right foundation.Even if you believe you have lost all hope and do not think you can re-establish your relationship, Couple Skills will help you take on these challenges as a TEAM and enable you to grow together over the years. You will finally have every bit of information you need at your fingertips to get your relationship back on track and healthier than it's ever been. You may not see a transformation overnight, but if you put daily effort and employ only a FEW of the tactics presented in this book to use, you WILL see positive results. It's time to infuse your relationship with hope and begin planting the seeds of love that will bring you both together in amazing ways. Scroll up and click the "buy now" button and get ready to take your relationship to a higher level of compatibility than ever before. Your relationship deserves every chance to succeed and this book can get you there!

Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists
Essential Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists

Author: Lee Williams

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2014-01-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781462516407

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Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly, straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided for evaluating a wide range of clinical issues and concerns with adults, children and adolescents, families, and couples. The authors demonstrate ways to use interviewing and other techniques to understand both individual and relationship functioning, develop sound treatment plans, and monitor progress. Handy mnemonics help beginning family therapists remember what to include in assessments, and numerous case examples illustrate what the assessment principles look like in action with diverse clients. See also the authors' Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third Edition: From the First Interview to Termination, which addresses all aspects of real-world clinical practice, and Clinician's Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy.

The Couple Skills Workbook
The Couple Skills Workbook

Author: Betsy Chung

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Published: 2024-08-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1648482627

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Boost your relationship IQ, and learn essential skills for relationship success! Do you ever feel like your romantic partner is on a completely different page? Are your arguments becoming more frequent and difficult to recover from emotionally? Do you feel disconnected, and long for that trust, intimacy, and connection you once shared? Despite our culture’s obsession with effortless, fairy tale romances, the real truth is that most relationships take work. Written by a psychologist and based on the most effective couples therapies, The Couple Skills Workbook will show you how to boost your “relationship IQ” by cultivating greater self-awareness, as well as an increased awareness of your partner’s needs. With this how-to guide, you’ll learn how to better navigate conflict, reconnect after fights, nurture intimacy, and build a solid foundation for a secure and loving relationship. By showing empathy, being both an active listener and an assertive communicator, and embracing your own vulnerability, you can increase your relationship IQ, gain a deeper understanding of your partner, and set the stage for lasting bliss. This workbook will show you how, step by step.

Treatment Plans and Interventions in Couple Therapy
Treatment Plans and Interventions in Couple Therapy

Author: Norman B. Epstein

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2024-03-20

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1462554199

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Filled with rich case examples, this pragmatic book provides a complete toolkit for couple-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The book presents guidelines for planning and implementing evidence-based treatment for diverse couples. It explains how to assess relationship functioning as well as the strengths and needs of each partner and the sociocultural factors that shape their experiences. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and research, the authors demonstrate ways to tailor CBT for couples struggling with partner aggression; infidelity; sexual problems; financial issues; parenting conflicts; depression, anxiety, and other individual problems; and more. Therapists of any theoretical orientation will find tools they can easily incorporate into their work with couples. More than 20 ready-to-use client handouts discussed in the book are available to download and print.

Couple Therapy for Depression
Couple Therapy for Depression

Author: David Hewison

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2014-06-19

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0191656305

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Depression is second after heart disease as the most damaging health condition in the world. The NHS has devoted huge resources to training thousands of psychological therapists to work in 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' services specifically to treat depression in adults and couple therapy has been identified as one of the effective ways of treating it. Couple Therapy for Depression is an integrative 20-session couple therapy designed to treat depression in couples where there is also relationship distress. Following the recommendations of the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence for a behaviourally-based couple therapy treatment, it draws on RCT studies of efficacy as well as 'best practice' in behavioural, cognitive, emotionally-focused, systemic, and psychodynamic couple therapies. Sticking closely to the competencies identified for the treatment of depression and relationship distress in couples, it outlines the ways in which couple therapists can reduce damaging interactions between couples, build emotional openness and closeness, improve communication and behaviour, change unhelpful cognitions and perceptions, and help the couple cope with the ordinary and not-so ordinary stresses that arise in the course of everyday relating. Written by couple therapists who understand deeply the unique challenges of doing therapy with couples, it is based on the training programme for Couple Therapy for Depression commissioned by the NHS for use in its Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services. It begins by describing the causes and consequences of depression, and then focuses on its impact on the adult couple. Highlighting the particular techniques needed in safe and effective work with distressed couples, it goes through the different ways in which the couple's feelings, thoughts, and behaviours need to be understood and worked with in order to reduce relationship distress. It outlines the treatment of 4 different couples to illustrate the therapy in action and will be helpful for any therapist wanting to enhance their work with couples.

Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy
Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy

Author: Alan S. Gurman

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 754

ISBN-13: 1462519717

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This book has been replaced by Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Sixth Edition, edited by Jay L. Lebow and Douglas K. Snyder, ISBN 978-1-4625-5012-8.

Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fifth Edition
Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fifth Edition

Author: Alan S. Gurman

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 754

ISBN-13: 1462513921

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Regarded as the authoritative reference and text, this handbook presents the most effective, widely studied approaches to couple therapy. The distinguished coeditors bring together other leading experts, most of whom developed the approaches they describe. Adhering closely to a uniform structure to facilitate study and comparison, chapters cover the history, theoretical and empirical underpinnings, and techniques of each model. The volume also describes cutting-edge applications for particular relationship contexts (such as blended families, LGBT couples, and separated couples) and clinical problems (such as partner aggression, psychological disorders, and medical issues). New to This Edition *Chapters on interpersonal neurobiology and intercultural relationships. *Chapters on couple therapy for PTSD, functional analytic couple therapy, and the integrative problem-centered metaframeworks approach. *Many new authors.*Extensively revised with the latest theory and research. See also Clinical Casebook of Couple Therapy, edited by Alan S. Gurman, which presents in-depth illustrations of treatment.

Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy
Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy

Author: Jay L. Lebow

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13: 1462551459

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Now in a significantly revised sixth edition with 70% new material, this comprehensive handbook has introduced tens of thousands of practitioners and students to the leading forms of couple therapy practiced today. Prominent experts present effective ways to reduce couple distress, improve overall relationship satisfaction, and address specific relational or individual problems. Chapters on major approaches follow a consistent format to help readers easily grasp each model's history, theoretical underpinnings, evidence base, and clinical techniques. Chapters on applications provide practical guidance for working with particular populations (such as stepfamily couples and LGBT couples) and clinical problems (such as intimate partner violence, infidelity, and various psychological disorders). Instructive case examples are woven throughout. New to This Edition *Chapters on additional clinical approaches: acceptance and commitment therapy, mentalization-based therapy, intergenerational therapy, socioculturally attuned therapy, and the therapeutic palette approach. *Chapters on sexuality, older adult couples, and parents of youth with disruptive behavior problems. *Chapters on assessment and common factors in couple therapy. *Chapters on cutting-edge special topics: relationship enhancement, telehealth interventions, and ethical issues in couple therapy.

The Anatomy of a Couples Therapy Session
The Anatomy of a Couples Therapy Session

Author: Judith P. Leavitt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 135165540X

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How does a couples’ therapist actually run a 50–minute session? What needs to happen? What must happen? Managing this time and knowing how to guide a couple through what can be a rocky roller coaster ride is a critical skill. This volume breaks down the entire 50 minutes of a couple’s therapy session from beginning to end. It divides the 50 minutes into eight time period stages that may overlap. The distinctive characteristics and challenges of each time period are examined. Numerous case examples are given throughout the book. The couples therapist is addressed directly with many suggestions given for handling the situations that can arise in each period. In addition, the couples therapist’s own experiences during the session are explored.