Treating Couples: The Intersystem Model Of The Marriage Council Of Philadelphia / Edition 1

by Gerald R. Weeks

Overview

In some ways the development of the theory and practice of marital therapy seems like a relative newcomer to those clinicians who practice systems therapy. Most of the books in the field stress the total family as the unit of treatment in terms of understanding the dynamics of family interactions and intervention techniques. For the past 15 or 20 years, clinicians interested in systems work sought training in "family" therapy programs and at "family" therapy workshops. This training led to a dramatic shift in the practice of psychotherapy away from the individual as the unfit of treatment to the family. Much less emphasis has been given to the marital dyad or couple as the unit of treatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138004634
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2014
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gerald R. Weeks, Ph.D.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Contributors xiii

Part I Principles of Marital Therapy

1 Marital Assessment: Providing a Framework for Dyadic Therapy Larry Hof Stephen R. Treat 3

2 Goal Setting and Marital Therapy Evelyn R. Groome 22

3 Basic Principles: Structural Elements of the Intersystem Approach Bea Hollander-Goldfein 38

4 Individual Psychopathology from the Systems Perspective Martin Goldberg 70

5 Basic Principles: Process Elements of the Intersystem Approach Bea Hollander-Goldfein 70

6 Termination of Therapy Richard N. Mack 119

7 The Intersystem Approach at Work An Analysis of Therapeutic Styles James M. Bahr Bea Hollander-Goldfein 142

Part II Clinical Issues

8 Extramarital Sex: The Treatment of the Couple April Westfall 163

9 Spouse Abuse-A Dyadic Approach Richard N. Mack 191

10 Separation and Divorce Therapy-A Struggle to Grow for Clients and Therapists Terry Marek 215

11 Relational Therapy with Lesbian Couples Virginia J. Swartz 236

12 Effects of Parental Separation and Divorce on Children Sherry Farmer 258

Part III Theory

13 The Relationship Life-Cycle Edward P. Monte 287

14 An Intersystem Approach to Treatment Gerald R. Weeks 317

Name Index 341

Subject Index 344