Emotion-focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power - Hardcover

Leslie S. Greenberg; Rhonda N. Goldman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 143380316X ISBN 13: 9781433803161

Publisher: American Psychological Assoc, 2008

Synopsis

In ""Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power"", authors Leslie S. Greenberg and Rhonda N. Goldman explore the foundations of emotionally focused therapy for couples. They expand its framework to focus more intently on the development of the self and the relationship system through the promotion of self-soothing and other-soothing; to deal with unmet needs both from the client's adulthood and childhood; and to work more explicitly with emotions, specifically fear, anxiety, shame, power, joy, and love. The authors discuss the affect regulation involved in three major motivational systems central to couples therapy - attachment, identity, and attraction and clarify emotions and motivations in the dominance dimension of couples' interactions.Written with practitioners and graduate students in mind, the authors use a rich variety of case material to demonstrate how working with emotions can facilitate change in couples and, by extension, in all situations where people may be in emotional conflict with others. Greenberg and Goldman provide the tools needed to identify specific emotions and show the reader how to work with them to resolve conflict and promote bonding in couples therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: American Psychological Assoc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 143380316X
• ISBN 13: 9781433803161
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 405