If You Love Me, Don't Love Me: Undoing Reciprocal Double Binds and Other Methods of Change in Couple and Family Therapy

Elkaim, Mony

ISBN 10: 0765700484 / ISBN 13: 9780765700483

Published by Jason Aronson, Inc., 1997

About this Item

Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: If You Love Me, Don't Love Me: Undoing Reciprocal Double Binds and Other Methods of Change in Couple and Family Therapy
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765700484
• ISBN 13: 9780765700483
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

About this title

Synopsis

This work presents clinical examples to reveal a fresh understanding of the therapist's feelings within the content of treatment. At the heart of Elkaim's technique is self-reference. He demonstrates how therapists can use their own experiences as powerful tools of intervention. Elkaim also shows how to work with crippling reciprocal double binds, when, for example, someone wants to be loved but pushes his loved ones away out of fear that love is followed by loss. The book should be of use to anyone who works with couples or families.

From the Back Cover

This book presents unusually dramatic clinical examples to reveal a new understanding of the therapist's feelings within the context of treatment. He demonstrates how therapists can use their own experiences as powerful tools of intervention.