This new edition of Couples Therapy tackles four challenges currently facing the field: accountability and the increasing demands for demonstrating effectiveness as a condition for reimbursement, the need for practitioners to reconfigure their practice patterns in an ever-evolving health-care system, training mental health practitioners who have not completed marital and family therapy (MFT) programs, and integrating new couples approaches and interventions into everyday clinical practice. The book offers a focused vision and successful strategies for working effectively with couples, both today and tomorrow.
Key Features
- Incorporates the best insights from the neurosciences.
- Presents new couples theories, research, and evidence-based interventions.
- Introduces approaches including psychoanalytic, systemic, cognitive behavioral, Adlerian, constructivist, third wave, integrative, and mindfulness-based.
- Includes practical applications and professional considerations.
- Covers diverse issues in couples therapy, such as substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual dysfunction, infidelity, aging, and much more.
Additional Information
This third edition of Couples Therapy is an essential resource for students as well as mental health practitioners, social workers, and family counselors who are keen to better meet the needs of couples and the demands of the changing healthcare landscape.
