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The Evaluation And Treatment Of Marital Conflict
Contributors
By Leo F. Fay
By Susan L. Burden
By Judith Gilbert Kautto
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$61.00 CADFormat
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Couples seek therapy for a variety of reasons, from short-lived adjustment difficulties to deeply entrenched conflict. Yet marital therapy has lacked a conceptual framework for matching treatment to a couple’s particular problem. This outstanding new book, by a team of researcher-clinicians from the Center for Family Learning, is the first to address this deficiency.The authors systematically assess the duration and intensity of a couple’s present conflict, as well as how the spouses function alone and in their extended families. They have found that troubled couples tend to fall into one of four categories, each best suited to a particular treatment program. The mild conflicts of stage one, for example, respond well to a six-week educational program; whereas the extreme anger and alienation of stage three is best handled without direct confrontation.The authors describe their evaluation and treatment proceduresincluding assessing multigenerational systems, dealing with triangles, and reducing emotional arousaland illustrate their explanations with lengthy case illustrations and session-by-session transcripts. Because it offers a carefully articulated, clinically tested method of treating a broad range of marital problems, this valuable book makes a unique and much-needed contribution to the field.
- On Sale
- May 29, 1987
- Page Count
- 304 pages
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780465021123
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