Intimate relationships and how to improve them
Subtitle: integrating theoretical models with preventative and psychotherapeutic applications
By: Luciano L'Abate and Piero De Giacomo.
Contributors: De Giacomo, Piero.
Series: Developments in clinical psychology
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Psychotherapist and patient.; Interpersonal relations.; Interpersonal communication.; Communication -- Psychological aspects.; Psychotherapy.; Interpersonal Relations.; Models, Psychological.; Physician-Patient Relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Integrating Different Theoretical Models; title: Theories and models of intimate relationships; title: A developmental theory of relational competence; title: Evaluating the theory; title: A model of relational styles; title: Evaluating the model; title: Integrating the theory with the model; title: Theory-derived preventive interventions for non-clinical relationships; title: Theory-derived interventions for clinical relationships; title: Model-derived preventive interventions for non-clinical relationships; title: Model-derived interventions for clinical relationships; title: Practical integration: using computers and Internet technologies for clinical and non-clinical relationships; title: Conclusion: integration of the theory and the model with other models.