Need Management Therapy (Nmt): A New Science of Love, Intimacy, and Relationships

by Robert N. Johansen Ph.D, Todd W. Gaffaney Ph.D

Overview

Divorce, separation, and couple breakups are on the rise in the United States of America, with about 48 percent of couples breaking up within nine years of starting a committed relationship.

Only a minority of distressed couples ever seek couple counseling—and those that stay together do not necessarily enjoy healthy relationships. Just as sadly, marriage counselors divorce at or about the national average.

The Need Management Therapy model asserts that positive change is possible and even likely. The authors offer a treatment package both for the professional in practice and a self-help guide for the non-professional.

We have successfully treated hundreds of couple-clients using the NMT model. We are now conducting a randomized pretest posttest two group design investigating several crucial NMT hypothesis (pending). Preliminary data suggest that significant and meaningful change may be achieved in just a few sessions.

When the NMT model is applied, couples report not fighting as much—and sometimes, fighting stops altogether. Communication improves dramatically.

If you’re passionate about making your relationship work, you’ll find a new science of love, intimacy, and relationships in Need Management Therapy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781480899285
Publisher:	Archway Publishing
Publication date:	03/25/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	426
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Robert N. Johansen, Ph.D.,
is a member of the American Psychological Association and co-director of the Cerritos Psychological Center, where he has been in practice for forty hears, specializing in couple’s therapy and supervising interns. Robert has coauthored two relationship books and has taught psychology at several colleges/universities, and has lectured at UCLA, the Milton Erickson International Foundation, CAMFT, NPR, ABC radio, UCI educational TV, and continuing education at Alliant International University. He is married with three children and three grand-children and enjoys traveling with his wife.

Todd W. Gaffaney, Ph.D., is a distinguished retired professor of psychology (emeritus) at Cerritos College, where he taught from 1975 to 2019. In 2010, Todd was awarded “the most outstanding professor” at the college. Todd is also a long-standing and active member of the American Psychological Association (college division). Currently, he is an adjunct faculty at Pepperdine Graduate School in psychology. He is a co-author of two books on the intimate relationships and a nationally known “motivational speaker” on relationship health, war/combat psychology, and the science of how and why people change. Todd is certified as a life and relationship coach/trainer in private practice. He has been married forty-two years with three adult children, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and one small dog.