Techniques for the Couple Therapist : Essential Interventions from the Experts (Paperback)

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