Rather than viewing this response as an obstacle, the authors see it as both inevitable and productive. The book examines not only classic countertransference issues but also the ramifications of the therapist's values and experiences. With remarkable honesty, the contributors deal with illness, death, suicide, pregnancy, hatred, rage, envy, sexuality, lust, and burnout.

Fresh, informative chapters discuss implications of countertransference in work with couples and address issues important to therapists'use of self in therapy. Couples and Countertransference helps therapists become more effective in their work as they learn to recognize countertransference and see how it affects their perceptions of self and clients and, thus, impacts the therapy process. Chapters range from authors'personal reflections to more grounded, theory-based thinking. A highlight of the book is the third in a series of transcripts from master therapist Virginia Satir. This transcript presents her exercise "With Whom Am I Having the Pleasure," a teaching tool which helps therapists become alert to countertransference and aids them in perceiving the true self of a client as opposed to their image of the client. In Couples and Countertransference, contributing authors discuss their own experiences with countertransference. Many of the authors take a subjective approach and are candid in reporting their own internal processes during therapy, providing firsthand experiences to help readers contending with similar issues. Among the topics authors explore are: the value of a therapist becoming aware of his or her usual patterns of countertransference countertransference as projective identification gender bias and countertransference countertransference in sexual therapy Beginning and advanced family and couples therapists, counselors, social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists, as well as students planning to enter such fields, will find this book helps them understand more thoroughly the dynamics of countertransference in therapy. Couples and Countertransference is also useful for any clinician interested in learning about or using the Satir Model.

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This authoritative handbook provides a definitive overview of the theory and practice of couple therapy. Noted contributors--many of whom developed the approaches they describe--combine clear conceptual exposition with thorough descriptions of therapeutic techniques. In addition to presenting major couple therapy models in step-by-step detail, the book describes effective applications for particular populations and problems. Chapters adhere closely to a uniform structure to facilitate study and comparison, enhancing the book's utility as a reference and text. See also Clinical Casebook of Couple Therapy, also edited by Alan S. Gurman, which presents in-depth illustrations of treatment.

In this time of vulnerable marriages and partnerships, many couples seek help for their relationships. Psychoanalytic couple therapy is a growing application of psychoanalysis for which training is not usually offered in most psychoanalytic and analytic psychotherapy programs. This book is both an advanced text for therapists and a primer for new students of couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Its twenty-eight chapters cover the major ideas underlying the application of psychoanalysis to couple therapy, many clinical illustrations of cases and problems in various dimensions of the work. The international group of authors comes from the International Psychotherapy Institute based in Washington, DC, and the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships (TCCR) in London. The result is a richly international perspective that nonetheless has theoretical and clinical coherence because of the shared vision of the authors.

This authoritative reference assembles prominent international experts from psychology, social work, and counseling to summarize the current state of couple and family therapy knowledge in a clear A-Z format. Its sweeping range of entries covers major concepts, theories, models, approaches, intervention strategies, and prominent contributors associated with couple and family therapy. The Encyclopedia provides family and couple context for treating varied problems and disorders, understanding special client populations, and approaching emerging issues in the field, consolidating this wide array of knowledge into a useful resource for clinicians and therapists across clinical settings, theoretical orientations, and specialties. A sampling of topics included in the Encyclopedia: Acceptance versus behavior change in couple and family therapy Collaborative and dialogic therapy with couples and families Integrative treatment for infidelity Live supervision in couple and family therapy Postmodern approaches in the use of genograms Split alliance in couple and family therapy Transgender couples and families The first comprehensive reference work of its kind, the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy incorporates seven decades of innovative developments in the fields of couple and family therapy into one convenient resource. It is a definitive reference for therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors, whether couple and family therapy is their main field or one of many modalities used in practice.