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Summary
Summary
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.
See also the author's Doing Family Therapy, Third Edition: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice .Author Notes
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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In the work under review, Taibbi, LCSW, describes how he performs couple therapy. Adhering to four theoretical tenets ("stopping dysfunctional patterns," "tracking the process," "changing the emotional climate," and "honesty"), he describes all manner of challenges therapists confront, how each challenge is responded to therapeutically, and why. He presents this material not as a "what to do" manual but as a record of his practice. In doing so, he invites readers to reflect on this material as an invitation (rather than instruction) to relate what they read to their personal understandings and professional practices. To facilitate this reflection and professional development, Taibbi provides exercises after each chapter. This highly readable, exceptional work provides a concrete account of the work of a highly experienced, creative psychotherapist who is committed to advancing the competence level of practitioners and students in all helping professions. The work offers references and an appendix that contains four technical aids. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --Daniel Sydiaha, University of Saskatchewan
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1 Into the Fray: Theoretical Foundation and Overview | p. 1 |
| Chapter 2 The Basics: Clinical Goals and Tasks | p. 14 |
| Chapter 3 Beginnings: Presentations, Assessments, and Goals | p. 36 |
| Chapter 4 Beginnings in Action | p. 54 |
| Chapter 5 Clearing the Clutter: Improving Communication Skills | p. 77 |
| Chapter 6 Drilling Down: Core Issues | p. 96 |
| Chapter 7 Termination | p. 120 |
| Chapter 8 Of Money, Sex, and Children: Handling the Power Issues | p. 137 |
| Chapter 9 The Challenges of the Early Years | p. 160 |
| Chapter 10 Re-creating the Vision | p. 175 |
| Chapter 11 Battle and Loss: Managing the Teenage Years | p. 189 |
| Chapter 12 One Big Happy Family: Working with Stepfamilies | p. 209 |
| Chapter 13 The Challenges of Old Age | p. 223 |
| Chapter 14 One Helping Two, Two Helping One: Working with Individuals in Relationships | p. 238 |
| Chapter 15 Life in the Details: The Nuts and Bolts of Couple Therapy | p. 257 |
| Epilogue | p. 269 |
| Index | p. 271 |
