Doing Couple Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners (The Guilford Family Therapy) - Softcover

Taibbi, Robert

 
9781609182045: Doing Couple Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners (The Guilford Family Therapy)

Synopsis

Wise, compassionate, and highly practical, this engaging text covers the entire process of therapeutic work with couples, from opening sessions and assessment through skills building, core issues, and termination. Students and novice couple therapists learn effective strategies for intervening with couples of any age who are struggling with acute crises or longstanding conflicts and power struggles. Rich with sensitive, detailed case material, the book features numerous exercises that help readers identify and develop their own strengths as practitioners. Self-care strategies and tips for getting the most out of supervision are provided. Special topics include how to address couple issues with only one partner and couple therapy applications for chronic mental health problems.

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About the Author

Robert Taibbi, LCSW, has 36 years' experience, primarily in community mental health, as a clinician, supervisor, and clinical director. He is the author of Doing Family Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice, now in its second edition and recently translated into Chinese and Portuguese, and Clinical Supervision: A Four-Stage Process of Growth and Discovery, as well as several book chapters and over 150 magazine and journal articles. He has served as teen advice columnist for Current Health and as a contributing editor to Your Health and Fitness, and has received three national writing awards for Best Consumer Health Writing from the Health Information Resource Center. Mr. Taibbi provides training nationally on couple and family therapy, treatment of emotionally disturbed children and adolescents, and clinical supervision. He is currently in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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9781606232446: Doing Couple Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners (The Guilford Family Therapy)

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ISBN 10:  1606232444 ISBN 13:  9781606232446
Publisher: Guilford Press, 2009
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