Brief Therapy for Couples: Helping Partners Help Themselves (Treatment Manuals for Practitioners)

Halford, W. Kim

ISBN 10: 1572309717 / ISBN 13: 9781572309715

Published by The Guilford Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brief Therapy for Couples: Helping Partners Help Themselves (Treatment Manuals for Practitioners)
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572309717
• ISBN 13: 9781572309715
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This book provides a complete guide to self-regulatory couple therapy (SRCT), an innovative clinical approach that maximizes the couple's capacity for self-directed change. Presented is a flexible framework for treating couples effectively in as few as one or two--and as many as 25--sessions of highly focused work. Featuring step-by-step intervention guidelines and helpful clinical examples, the book demonstrates how to identify those couples for whom very brief therapy is possible, how to focus in quickly on the processes associated with relationship distress, and how to integrate additional therapeutic components for clients needing longer-term help.

About the Author

W. Kim Halford, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, in Brisbane, Australia. He earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia in 1978. Over the last 15 years, Dr. Halford's practice, clinical research, and publications have focused predominantly on work with couples. He has presented clinical workshops on his approach to couple therapy in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and North America.