Couples and Change (Psychology Revivals)

<p>First published in 1996 this enlightening book about facilitating therapeutic change within the couple relationship opens with a transcript of one of a series of lectures by Virginia Satir. It presents readers with Satir’s observations – observations that show the difference between thinking with systems in mind and thinking linearly – of process interrelatedness and attitudes. Readers will find these and the observations of contributors that follow full of practical application potential. </p><p>In this title the editor brings together contributors who show how to affect change in couples by explaining dynamics of the male/female relationship and by expanding upon the roles of the therapist. Specifically contributors give readers information about:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Male/female relationships over a 30 000-year history and how history may have affected present day relationships between men and women</li> <p> </p> <li>Therapists as merely resource providers who facilitate self-discovery and self-solutions</li> <p> </p> <li>The necessity of marital therapy in maintaining stability and change from both systemic-interpersonal and intrapersonal perspectives</li> <p> </p> <li>Psychodynamic affective and insight-oriented marital therapy</li> <p> </p> <li>The consultative conversation model and its relationship to the change process in couples therapy</li> <p> </p> <li>Fostering change of psychological (emotional and verbal) abuse</li> <p> </p> <li>Why women leave abusive relationships</li> <p> </p> <li>The use of a specific physical posture for assessing a couple’s interactive style</li> </ul><p>Therapists who work with couples will keep <i>Couples and Change</i> within reach and refer to it often as they help couples develop more healthy satisfying relationships.</p>