Couples on the Fault Line: New Directions for Therapists - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572305363 ISBN 13: 9781572305366

Publisher: Guilford Press, 2000

Synopsis

Couple therapy is no longer simply a matter of helping couples adjust to the different stages of the life cycle: the life cycle itself has changed. Advances in reproductive technology, the rise of electronic communication, increasing time pressures of daily life, the continuing transformation of gender roles, and the loosening of constraints on same-sex and cross-cultural partnerships are just some of the developments reshaping couple relationships today. This cutting-edge book brings together prominent marital and family therapists to explore the new challenges--and opportunities for growth--facing diverse couples and the clinicians who work with them. Illustrated with vivid case material, the volume presents a range of approaches to helping couples reorder and reconsider their life priorities around such central issues as love, marriage, parenting, commitment, intimacy, and aging. Representing many different outlooks and areas of expertise, contributors offer vital therapeutic perspectives that connect the private world of couples to the changing contexts in which they live.

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Review:

"What a wonderful gift to the clinical field! In this vital and extremely timely book, Peggy Papp and her outstanding group of contributors thoughtfully address the central social issues affecting the lives of contemporary couples. The seductive power of cyberspace romance, lack of 'time for love', the need to be like 'tourists' in mixed marriages, and the moral choices raised by reproductive technologies are just some of the many topics discussed. In these evocative descriptions and case studies, therapists will instantly recognize the issues they encounter in their offices and in their own lives. Throughout, social awareness is not just a fascinating background narrative; it is also part and parcel of creative therapeutic approaches that effectively meet the challenges of each couple's predicaments. Students, trainees, seasoned clinicians and lay readers will emerge from each chapter wiser, more empathetic, and more skilled. This is an extraordinarily rich and useful guide." --Celia Jaes Falicov, PhD, President, American Family Therapy Academy "What is enduring about families, and what is changing? How are we to translate those equally valid dimensions into therapeutic practice? To answer these questions, Peggy Papp, with her wisdom and broad experience--her sure sense of what is gold and what is dross--has assembled this quite wonderful volume. The topics represented here are critical to couples' lives in these times. The authors take seriously the new realities of our world--changing gender relations and infertility technology, for example. They also are ever mindful of unchanging elements of the human need for intimacy. This book will be valuable to a wide range of readers. Students and practitioners in the human sciences will return to it often for guidance and encouragement." --Donald A. Bloch, MD, Co-Chair, Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition "Rich in vision, heart, and clinical innovation, this is one of the most important books to emerge in the field of couple therapy today." --Harriet Lerner, PhD, author of The Dance of Anger "This wonderful collection of clinical essays brings alive the challenges and foibles of couple relationships in modern times. Exploring the interface of modern technology and old-fashioned romance, this book presents heart-wrenching stories of couples struggling with unsuccessful infertility treatments, conflicts between work and family commitments, Internet affairs, and the fury generated by being placed indefinitely 'on hold.' These engaging stories are placed in the context of a multiracial, multiethnic society with ever-evolving rules about what constitutes a family. The sum result is a wise, respectful, and ultimately optimistic view of how to keep intimate relationships central to one's life." --Peter Steinglass, MD, Executive Director, Ackerman Institute for the Family "I had the pleasure of reading Papp's new book, "Couples on the Fault Line: New Directions for Therapists," Papp has successfully gathered a group of articulate and seasoned clinicians to address the struggles of couples in the twenty-first century....This is a book that clinicians, supervisors, teachers, and therapists in training will all find useful, easy to read, and hard to put down....this book is a must read for clinicians working with couples. You may find it difficult to choose your favorite chapter."--"Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy" "There is much that is good and much that is helpful in the book."--"Journal of Psychology and Christianity" .,."offers such a wide range of topics that almost any therapist interested in current trends in couples therapy will find relevant information in it. Most of the authors not only skillfully outline the problem at hand but also offer pragmatic therapeutic strategies based on their observations and experiences."--"Psychiatric Services" "Papp has accomplished a great deal with this well-compiled, well-edited volume....A hallmark of this book is the relevancy of the real-world/real-time practice issues that the authors address....The book's breadth of scope is one of its main strengths. While it covers a wide range of topics....It nevertheless considers each with detail and creativity, and provides helpful case-study examples and forms." --"Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow"

Synopsis:

This cutting-edge book brings together prominent marital and family therapists to explore the new challenges and opportunities for growth facing diverse couples and the clinicians who work with them. Illustrated with vivid case material, the volume presents a range of approaches to helping couples reorder and reconsider their life priorities around such central issues as love, marriage, parenting, commitment, intimacy, and aging. Representing many different outlooks and areas of expertise, contributors offer vital therapeutic perspectives that connect the private world of couples to the changing contexts in which they live. Anna C. Bernstein, University of California, USA. Lascelles W. Black, Private Practice, USA. Evan Imber-Black Ackerman Institute for the Family, USA. Peter Fraenkel, City U

About this edition

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1572305363
• ISBN 13: 9781572305366
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Papp Peggy