Couples, Intimacy Issues and Addiction
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780789016652
Subjects: Social, group or collective psychology; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Man-woman relationships; Psychology; Substance abuse; Intimacy (Psychology); Interpersonal Relations; Addicts; Marital psychotherapy
First sentence: SUMMARY. Brief commentary on Virginia Satir's use of centering processes in bringing trainees into awareness of their own uniqueness, facilitating authentic therapeutic contact.
Description: Discusses and reveals the secret dynamics of marriages in trouble. it offers models for nontraditional relating, insight for handling such devastating crises as adultery, and an analysis of the marital crisis in the film "Eyes Wide Shut". it shows how to use powerfully effective techniques including facilitated imagery, self-psychology and a phasic model of handling adultery.