What Happens in Couple Therapy

A Casebook on Effective Practice

Douglas K. Snyder, Jay L. Lebow, Douglas K. Snyder, Jay L. Lebow

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9781462554744
• eBook ISBN:
  9781462554775
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychiatry & Mental Health
• Index: Psychology

Bringing contemporary couple therapy to life, this casebook candidly illustrates the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of leading clinical approaches. Well-known contributors provide a window into their work with couples seeking help for a variety of relationship challenges. Cases depict the moment-by-moment process of therapy, from the initial assessment and case formulation through the beginning, intermediate, and concluding phases. Themes addressed include working across cultural divides; helping couples living with psychological or medical disorders; and treating interfaith couples, military couples, and same-sex and queer couples. Enhancing the book's utility for course use, the expert editors concisely introduce each case and describe how the approach fits into the broader field.

See also Lebow and Snyder's Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Sixth Edition, which provides an authoritative overview of theory and practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Also Available
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Voices in Couple Therapy: Journeys with Master Clinicians
• Chapter 2: Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples
• Chapter 3: Integrative Couple Therapy with a Surprising Twist
• Chapter 4: Integrative Psychodynamic Couple Therapy in the Presence of Enduring Personality Dysfunctions
• Chapter 5: Gottman Method Couple Therapy and Healing from Betrayal
• Chapter 6: An Integrative Relational–Neurobiological Approach to Transforming Couple Vulnerability Cycles
• Chapter 7: Integrating Common Factors in Couple Therapy
• Chapter 8: Discernment Counseling with a Couple on the Brink
• Chapter 9: Therapy with Black Couples: The Intersection of Race and Class
• Chapter 10: Addressing Gender, Class, and Racism in a Mexican Transnational Couple
• Chapter 11: Therapy with Intercultural and Interfaith Couples
• Chapter 12: Affirmative Therapy for Queer Relationships
• Chapter 13: Couple Therapy with Older Adults: Navigating Challenges and Building on Opportunities
• Chapter 14: Couple Therapy with Young Adults: Navigating the Transition to Parenthood
• Chapter 15: Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy with Military and Veteran Couples
• Chapter 16: Couple Therapy and Sexuality: Promoting Intimacy and Connection
• Chapter 17: Couple Therapy and Spirituality: Finding Faith in Love
• Chapter 18: Working with Couples Encountering Serious Illness: It’s More Than Medical
• Index
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