Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling: A Guide to Brief Therapy

Worthington Jr., Everett L.

ISBN 10: 0830827641 / ISBN 13: 9780830827640

Verlag: IVP Academic, 2005

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Everett L. Worthington, Jr. offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples over common rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate, effective and brief. His hope-focused (rather than problem-focused) approach enables couples to see that change is possible and gives them a new outlook on the future. Combining this with a brief approach that addresses the realities of managed care and tight budgets, Worthington shows how to be strategic in each counseling situation by including teaching, training, exercises, forgiveness, modeling and motivation.At the heart of the book are dozens of interventions and exercises, includingdrawing on central values promoting confession and forgiveness strengthening communication aiding conflict resolution changing patterns of thinking developing intimacy cementing commitment Backed by years of experience and substantial research, hope-focused marriage counseling offers hope to counselors that they can provide help to troubled couples quickly, compassionately and effectively. This paperback edition includes a new introduction, summarizing the latest findings and developments in marital counseling and applying hope-focused marriage counseling to today's cultural and clinical realities.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Everett L. Worthington Jr. (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is chair of the department of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. A licensed clinical psychologist, he serves as director of VCU's Marital Assessment, Therapy and Enrichment Center and as executive director of the Templeton Foundation's Campaign for Forgiveness Research. He has published more than 150 articles and papers on marriage, family and forgiveness in a wide variety of journals and magazines. He is the author of many books, including Forgiving and Reconciling, To Forgive Is Human and Marriage Counseling.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling: A Guide to...
Verlag: IVP Academic
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: 2. Auflage