Techniques for the Couple Therapist

<p><em>Techniques for the Couple Therapist</em> features many of the most prominent psychotherapists today, presenting their most effective couple therapy interventions. This book provides clinicians with a user-friendly quick reference with an array of techniques that can be quickly read and immediately used in session. The book includes over 50 chapters by experts in the field on the fundamental principles and techniques for effective couple therapy. Many of the techniques focus on common couple therapy processes such as enactments, communication, and reframing. Others focus on specific presenting problems, such as trauma, sexual issues, infidelity, intimate partner violence, and high conflict. Students, beginning therapists, and seasoned clinicians will find this pragmatic resource invaluable in their work with couples. </p> <p>Preface <strong>I. Fundamental Principles for Effective Couple Therapy</strong> 1. The Heart and Soul of Couple Therapy <em>Fife</em> 2. Joining: From the Perspective of the Use of Self <em>Aponte</em> 3. The Road to Mastery: Three Steps for Improving Performance as a Couples Therapist <em>Miller and Hubble </em> 4. The Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) <em>Duncan and Sparks </em> <strong>II. Techniques and Interventions A. Enactments</strong> 5. Enactment: From the Perspective of the Use of Self <em>Aponte</em> 6. Enactments in Five Developmental Stages <em>Davis</em> 7. Effectively Structuring Enactments <em>Davis and Espinoza</em> <strong>B. Couple Communication</strong> 8. Expanding Levels of Communication <em>Weeks and Gambescia</em> 9. Rule-Governed Speaker-Listener Techniques <em>Diamond and Lebow </em> 10. Problem Solving Strategies Based on PREP (Prevention and Relationship Education Program) <em>Parson, Ritchie, and Markman</em> 11. The Daily Dialogue <em>Carlson and Lorelle </em>12. Using Shared Journaling to Practice Communication Skills with Couples <em>Zimmerman and Haddock </em> 13. Soft/Hard/Soft Communication <em>Papernow</em> 14. Multidirectional Partiality <em>Long and Kort</em> <strong>C. Reframing</strong> 15. Systemic Reframing <em>Simon</em> 16. Taking Ownership <em>Carlson and Lorelle </em> 17. Re-Attribution <em>Epstein </em> 18. Clarifying the Negative Cycle in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) <em>Johnson and Brubacher</em> 19. Externalizing Conversations <em>Combs and Freedman</em> 20. Re-Storying the Problem <em>Long and Kort</em> 21. Reattribution and Narrative Change <em>Diamond and Lebow </em> <strong>D. Anger and Conflict</strong> 22. Anger Management Self-Talk <em>Epstein</em> 23. Unbalancing <em>Simon </em> 24. Confronting Splitting <em>Siegel</em> 25. Identifying and Working through Projective Identification <em>Siegel</em> 26. Helping Partners Break Free of Adversarial Relationships: Transitioning from I-It to I-Thou <em>Fife</em> 27. Tracking Protective Sequences in Internal Family Systems Therapy <em>Herbine-Blank</em> 28. Emphatic Joining <em>Papernow</em> <strong>E. Intimacy, Growth, and Change</strong> 29. Aspects of Intimacy <em>Fife</em> 30. Intimacy and Sharing Hurts <em>L’Abate</em> 31. Deepening Attachment Emotion in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) <em>Johnson and Brubacher </em> 32. Asking about the Absent but Implicit in Narrative Therapy <em>Freedman and Combs</em> 33. What’s Better?: Focusing on Positives <em>Jordan </em> 34. Scaling Questions with Couples <em>Jordan </em> 35. Support Talk: Intervention for Enhancing Social Support Based on PREP (The Prevention and Relationship Education Program) <em>Ritchie, Parsons, and Markman</em> 36. Hugging, Holding, Huddling, and Cuddling (3HC)<em> L’Abate</em> 37. "Your Cyberplace or Mine?": Electronic Fantasy Dates <em>Hertlein </em> 38. Forgiveness in Couples Therapy: Expanding Compassion, Responsibility, and Apology <em>Hammer and Hargrave</em> 39. Restoration of Relationships After Affairs <em>Hargrave and Hammer </em> 40. Myths about Marriage <em>Larson </em> 41. Developmental Tasks in the Critical First Year of Marriage: Clinical Guidelines <em>Larson </em> <strong>F. Health and Wellness</strong> 42. A Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Assessment in Brief or Extended Couple Therapy Formats <em>Hodgson, Lamson, and Kolobova</em> 43. Using the Wellness Wheel with Couples <em>Zimmerman and Haddock</em> 44. Identifying and Reducing Stress that Influences Relational Health <em>Lamson, Hodgson, and Muse</em> 45. Psychoeducation on the Influences of Stress on Couples <em>Milek and Bodenmann</em> 46. 3-Phase Method of Dyadic Coping <em>Bodenmann and Milek</em> <strong>G. Intimate Partner Violence</strong> 47. Clinical Assessment Interview for Intimate Partner Violence <em>Smith and Whiting</em> 48. "I didn’t hurt you, but if I did I had a good reason!": Denial and Distortion in Abuse Couples <em>Whiting and Smith</em> <strong>H. Addressing Childhood Sexual Abuse in Couple Therapy</strong> 49. Using Psychoeducation when Assessing and Treating the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Couple Relationships <em>Peterson and Smedley </em>50. Promoting Healing of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) Survivors within the Couple Relationship <em>Smedley and Peters</em>on</p>