Common dilemmas in couple therapy [electronic resource] / Judith P. Leavitt.

Common Dilemmas in Couple Therapy addresses four common problems that couples therapists face everyday in their offices -€problems that leave therapists exhausted, drained, challenged, alive, racing, and on edge. These dilemmas encompass not only the difficult challenges therapists face everyday, bu...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Leavitt, Judith P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Types of difficult partners
  • Overview
  • Therapy strategies : offensive difficult partners
  • Therapy strategies : various types of difficult partners
  • Issues about secrets
  • The dynamics of secrets
  • The challenge of working with secrets in couple therapy
  • Guidelines and strategies for therapists
  • The dynamics of "crossover" issues in couple relationships
  • Therapist roles, experiences, and strategies
  • The dynamics of a breakup
  • The stages of breakup, therapy strategies, and the therapist's roles and experiences.