Doing couple therapy craft and creativity in work with intimate partners
Robert Taibbi.
- New York Guilford Press c2009.
- xii, 276 p. ill. 24 cm.
- Guilford family therapy series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Into the fray: theoretical foundation and overview -- The basics: clinical goals & tasks -- Beginnings: presentations, assessments, and goals -- Beginnings in action -- Clearing the clutter: improving communication skills -- Drilling down: core issues -- Termination -- Of money, sex & children: handling the power issues -- The challenges of the early years -- Re-creating the vision -- Battle and loss: managing the teenage years -- One big happy family: working with stepfamilies -- The challenges of old age -- Helping two, two helping one: working with individuals in relationships -- Life in the details: the nuts and bolts of couples therapy.