Engaging Men in Couples Therapy

Herausgeber: Shepard, David; Harway, Michele

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book will help practitioners overcome one of the leading challenges in couples therapy: working effectively with the male partner. Men have unique needs and psychological issues that many clinicians may not recognize or know how to address. This volume presents chapters by the leading practitioners associated with current therapeutic models, including Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy, and more. Using in-depth case examples, they demonstrate how their approaches can be adapted to be "male-sensitive" and respond to the ambivalence so many men experience about couples work. Special topics are also addressed, including infidelity, cultural diversity, working with veterans, and fathering issues. This book will enrich therapists work with couples, making treatment a welcoming experience for both partners and the treatment process more gratifying for the therapist.

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The premise of this book is that a crucial and overlooked reason for treatment failures in couples counseling may be the therapist's inability to respond to the needs and psychological issues particular to the male partner. Through illustrative, in-depth case studies, the reader will learn how to practice male-sensitive couples counseling while still using the theoretical model that guides their treatment; how to connect the emerging literature on conducting individual psychotherapy with men to working with men in a couples context; and how to work with populations of men who require specialized knowledge and sensitivity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415875875
• ISBN-10: 0415875870
• Artikelnr.: 31804201

Autorenporträt

Michele Harway, David Shepard

Inhaltsangabe

Shepard
Harway
Introduction: Setting the Stage. Part I: Foundations of Male-sensitive Couples Therapy. Shepard
Harway
The Challenges of Conducting Male-sensitive Couples Therapy: Common Pitfalls and Clinical Recommendations. Rabinowitz
Behind the Mask: A Primer on Understanding the Male Partner in Couples Therapy. Part II: Theoretical Models. Robertson
Khamphakdy-Brown
Early Life Memories: A Male-friendly Approach to Facilitating Couple Collaboration. Englar-Carlson
Carlson
Adlerian Couples Therapy: The Case of the Boxer's Daughter and the Momma's Boy. Luquet
Relational Growth in Men Using Imago Relationship Therapy. Greenman
Faller
Johnson
Finding the Words: Working with Men in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples. Baucom
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Male-sensitive Perspective. Bergenstal
The Gottman Method: Theory and Case Study. Gordon
Purcell
The PAIRS Program: Engaging Men Through a Unique Psychoeducational Approach. Part III: Special Populations and Problems. McCarthy
Breetz
Male-affirmative Couple Sex Therapy. Kadin
Lusterman
Male Sensitive Couples Therapy with Unfaithful Men. Cervantes
Brothers of Color in Couples Therapy: Managing the Rainfall and Storms of Discrimination and Racism for Latino and African American Men. Brooks
Male-sensitive Therapy for the Returning Veteran and His Partner. Wexler
Male-sensitive Couples Counseling: Fathering Issues.