Techniques for the Couple Therapist: Essential Interventions From the Experts

Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributors
SECTION I Fundamental Principles for Effective Couple Therapy
	1 The Heart and Soul of Couple Therapy
	2 Joining: From the Perspective of the Use of Self
	3 The Road to Mastery: Three Steps for Improving Performance as a Couples Therapist
	4 The Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS)
	5 Ethical Techniques to Maintain Confidentiality in Couple Therapy
SECTION II Techniques and Interventions
	PART A Enactments
		6 Enactment: From the Perspective of the Use of Self
		7 Enactments in Five Developmental Stages
		8 Effectively Structuring Enactments
	PART B Couple Communication
		9 Expanding Levels of Communication
		10 Rule-Governed Speaker-Listener Technique
		11 Problem-Solving Strategies Based on PREP (Prevention and Relationship Education Program)
		12 The Daily Dialogue
		13 Using Shared Journaling to Practice Communication Skills With Couples
		14 Soft/Hard/Soft Communication
		15 Multidirectional Partiality
	PART C Reframing
		16 Systemic Reframing
		17 Taking Ownership
		18 Reattribution
		19 Clarifying the Negative Cycle in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT)
		20 Externalizing Conversations
		21 Re-Storying the Problem
		22 Reattribution and Narrative Change
	PART D Anger and Conflict
		23 Anger Management Self-Talk
		24 Unbalancing
		25 Confronting Splitting
		26 Identifying and Working Through Projective Identifications
		27 Helping Partners Break Free of Adversarial Relationships: Transitioning From I-It to I-Thou
		28 Tracking Protective Sequences in Internal Family Systems Therapy
		29 Empathic Joining
	PART E Intimacy, Growth, and Change
		30 Aspects of Intimacy
		31 Intimacy and Sharing Hurts
		32 Deepening Attachment Emotion in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT)
		33 Asking About the Absent but Implicit in Narrative Therapy
		34 What’s Better?: Focusing on Positives
		35 Scaling Questions With Couples
		36 Support Talk: Intervention for Enhancing Social Support Based on PREP (Prevention and Relationship Education Program)
		37 Hugging, Holding, Huddling, and Cuddling (3HC)
		38 “Your Cyberplace or Mine?”: Electronic Fantasy Dates
		39 Forgiveness in Couples Therapy: Expanding Compassion, Responsibility, and Apology
		40 Restoration of Relationships After Affairs
		41 Myths About Marriage
		42 Developmental Tasks in the Critical First Year of Marriage: Clinical Guidelines
		43 The Use of the Sexual Genogram
		44 A Systemic Approach to Sensate Focus
	PART F Health and Wellness
		45 A Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Assessment in Brief or Extended Couple Therapy Formats
		46 Using the Wellness Wheel With Couples
		47 Identifying and Reducing Stress That Influences Relational Health
		48 Psychoeducation on the Influence of Stress on Couples
		49 3-Phase Method of Dyadic Coping
	PART G Intimate Partner Violence
		50 Clinical Assessment Interview for Intimate Partner Violence
		51 “I Didn’t Hurt You, but if I Did I Had a Good Reason!”: Denial and Distortion in Abusive Couples
	PART H Addressing Childhood Sexual Abuse in Couple Therapy
		52 Using Psychoeducation When Assessing and Treating the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Couple Relationships
		53 Promoting Healing of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) Survivors Within the Couple Relationship