Techniques for the Couple Therapist: Essential Interventions From the Experts

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Cover Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributors SECTION I Fundamental Principles for Effective Couple Therapy 1 The Heart and Soul of Couple Therapy 2 Joining: From the Perspective of the Use of Self 3 The Road to Mastery: Three Steps for Improving Performance as a Couples Therapist 4 The Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) 5 Ethical Techniques to Maintain Confidentiality in Couple Therapy SECTION II Techniques and Interventions PART A Enactments 6 Enactment: From the Perspective of the Use of Self 7 Enactments in Five Developmental Stages 8 Effectively Structuring Enactments PART B Couple Communication 9 Expanding Levels of Communication 10 Rule-Governed Speaker-Listener Technique 11 Problem-Solving Strategies Based on PREP (Prevention and Relationship Education Program) 12 The Daily Dialogue 13 Using Shared Journaling to Practice Communication Skills With Couples 14 Soft/Hard/Soft Communication 15 Multidirectional Partiality PART C Reframing 16 Systemic Reframing 17 Taking Ownership 18 Reattribution 19 Clarifying the Negative Cycle in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) 20 Externalizing Conversations 21 Re-Storying the Problem 22 Reattribution and Narrative Change PART D Anger and Conflict 23 Anger Management Self-Talk 24 Unbalancing 25 Confronting Splitting 26 Identifying and Working Through Projective Identifications 27 Helping Partners Break Free of Adversarial Relationships: Transitioning From I-It to I-Thou 28 Tracking Protective Sequences in Internal Family Systems Therapy 29 Empathic Joining PART E Intimacy, Growth, and Change 30 Aspects of Intimacy 31 Intimacy and Sharing Hurts 32 Deepening Attachment Emotion in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) 33 Asking About the Absent but Implicit in Narrative Therapy 34 What’s Better?: Focusing on Positives 35 Scaling Questions With Couples 36 Support Talk: Intervention for Enhancing Social Support Based on PREP (Prevention and Relationship Education Program) 37 Hugging, Holding, Huddling, and Cuddling (3HC) 38 “Your Cyberplace or Mine?”: Electronic Fantasy Dates 39 Forgiveness in Couples Therapy: Expanding Compassion, Responsibility, and Apology 40 Restoration of Relationships After Affairs 41 Myths About Marriage 42 Developmental Tasks in the Critical First Year of Marriage: Clinical Guidelines 43 The Use of the Sexual Genogram 44 A Systemic Approach to Sensate Focus PART F Health and Wellness 45 A Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Assessment in Brief or Extended Couple Therapy Formats 46 Using the Wellness Wheel With Couples 47 Identifying and Reducing Stress That Influences Relational Health 48 Psychoeducation on the Influence of Stress on Couples 49 3-Phase Method of Dyadic Coping PART G Intimate Partner Violence 50 Clinical Assessment Interview for Intimate Partner Violence 51 “I Didn’t Hurt You, but if I Did I Had a Good Reason!”: Denial and Distortion in Abusive Couples PART H Addressing Childhood Sexual Abuse in Couple Therapy 52 Using Psychoeducation When Assessing and Treating the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Couple Relationships 53 Promoting Healing of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) Survivors Within the Couple Relationship