Short-term object relations couples therapy
Subtitle: the 5-step model
By: James M. Donovan.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Couples Therapy -- methods; Marital Therapy -- methods; Object Attachment; Psychotherapy, Brief -- methods
Other titles: Object relations couples therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Step 1: Study the fight: implementing the five-step model; title: Object relations theory: it's application to understanding marital choice and couple therapy: the contributions of Henry Dicks and David and Jill Scharff; title: Step 2: Investigate the triangle of focus; title: Step 3: Exploring the triangle of conflict; title: Short term couple group psychotherapy: a tale of four fights; title: Steps 4 and 5: How do couples change in brief therapy?; title: Completing the couple therapy puzzle: a hybrid approach, a generic model, and closing thoughts on the mechanisms of change.