Couple therapy : a new hope-focused approach /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ripley, Jennifer S., 1972-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. A theory of change
  • ch. 1. Wanted : a wise and humble counselor
  • ch. 2. A sensible, tested and effective approach to helping couples
  • ch. 3. Making therapy a positive growth experiences for couples
  • ch. 4. Addressing the couple's context
  • Part II. Beginning counseling
  • ch. 5. Pre-counseling interventions
  • ch. 6. The intake
  • ch. 7. After the intake
  • Part III. Case studies in treatment planning
  • ch. 8. The wounded but hopeful couple
  • ch. 9. The cool virtues couple
  • ch. 10. The enrichment couple
  • ch. 11. The "should we marry?" couple
  • ch. 12. The complicating factor couple
  • ch. 13. The couple with a psychological disorder
  • ch. 14. The high conflict couple
  • ch. 15. The "accept the things I cannot change" couple
  • ch. 16. The kitchen sink couple
  • Part IV. Interventions within the sessions
  • ch. 17. Session management
  • ch. 18. HOPE interventions
  • ch. 19. BOND with me
  • ch. 20. Addressing hurts in relationships
  • ch. 21. Forgiving and reconciling through experiencing empathy
  • ch. 22. Reconciliation and rebuilding trust with couples
  • Part V. Conquering the difficulties you'll face
  • ch. 23. Assessing change throughout treatment
  • ch. 24. Resistances, roadblocks and rabbit trails
  • ch. 25. Counselors' negative reactions to couples
  • ch. 26. Working with partners who have a trauma history
  • ch. 27. Pornography use and internet sexuality
  • Part VI. Concluding treatment
  • ch. 28. Termination
  • ch. 29. Post-counseling checkups
  • ch. 30. It works, but is it true?.
  • List of Interventions. 3-1 Assessing personal character
  • 3-2 Personal narrative of self as "hero"
  • 3-3 Prayer for a hope and a future
  • 3-4 Use of time-out to develop the "muscle" of self-control
  • 3-5 Interview a supportive childhood friend or mentor
  • 3-6 Creative building of personal strengths
  • 3-7 Building a new strength
  • 3-8 Self-care interventions
  • 3-9 Insight-oriented interventions
  • 3-10 Partner-assisted intervention (PAI)
  • 3-11 Developing wisdom
  • 3-12 Locating the warmth virtues in my relationships (worksheet)
  • 4-1 Counselor cultural humility development
  • Pre-counseling 5-1 creating a video of webcast and having a web presence
  • Pre-counseling 5-2 written materials
  • Pre-counseling 5-3 capturing essential assessment materials before the first visit
  • Pre-counseling 5-4 online or paper screening items
  • 6-1 Beginning the dyadic intake session
  • 6-2 Dyadic semistructured oral interview
  • 6-3 Video assessment
  • 6-4 Their first homework : our four best ideas
  • 6-5 Client feedback on the intake session
  • 6-6 Individual intake sessions
  • 7-1 Writing the intake report and treatment plan
  • 8-1 Seven tips for a good apology
  • 8-2 Exemplar relationship patterns or processes
  • 11-1 Narrative of a better future
  • 12-1 The five-minute date (Jen's favorite homework)
  • 13-1 Our communication rules
  • 14-1 The cool down contract
  • 14-2 Time-out
  • 14-3 Ways to soothe in difficult interactions with a mate
  • HOPE 18-1 simple listen and repeat
  • HOPE 18-2 Simple leveling and editing
  • HOPE 18-3 love busters
  • HOPE 18-4 TANGO communications skills
  • HOPE 18-5 LOVE
  • HOPE 18-6 TANGO-E
  • HOPE 18-7 prayer interventions
  • HOPE 18-8 focus on Christian virtues
  • HOPE 18-9 positive active resending (PAR)
  • HOPE 18-10 gratitude
  • HOPE 18-11 a coke and a smile
  • HOPE 18-12 love bank
  • HOPE 18-13 reattributions for neutral (or negative) behaviors
  • HOPE 18-14 videos of communication
  • HOPE 18-15 stopping negative reciprocity
  • HOPE 18-16 the confirmation bias experiment
  • BOND 19-1 reflective processing worksheet
  • BOND 19-2 empty chair for relational hurts outside of the relationship
  • BOND 19-3 dreams
  • BOND 19-4 personal relationship vision statements
  • BOND 19-5 perfect relationship
  • BOND 19-6 sharing psychological needs card sort
  • BOND 19-7 exploring hurts from family of origin
  • BOND 19-8 bonding through spiritual intimacy conversations
  • BOND 19-9 writing hot love letters
  • BOND 19-10 graphing their history of closeness
  • BOND 19-11 sculpting intimacy/space in office
  • BOND 19-12 CLEAVE
  • BOND 19-13 insight into the distancer-pursuer pattern
  • BOND 19-14 healthy ways to get needs for intimacy and independence met
  • BOND 19-15 improving sexual intimacy
  • BOND 19-16 vow making
  • BOND 19-17 sojourning together
  • HURT 20-1 forbearance
  • HURT 20-2 stopping rumination
  • HURT 20-3 making restitution
  • HURT 20-4 decisions to get needs met elsewhere while the relationship is in the "relationship hospital"
  • HURT 20-5 grace
  • HURT 20-6 preventing hurts through soft start-up
  • HURT 20-7 transforming emotion with emotion
  • FREE 21-1 preparing for forgiveness
  • FREE 21-2 dealing with resistances, fuzzy definitions and fears
  • FREE 21-3 letter of apology
  • FREE 21-4 REACH forgiveness
  • FREE 21-5 reducing the injustice gap by making amends
  • FREE 21-6 forgiving the self
  • FREE 21-7 humility in self
  • TRUST 22-1 increasing positive emotions through gratitude
  • TRUST 22-2 creating positive shifts for change through small trustworthy actions
  • TRUST 22-3 dealing with reinjury
  • TRUST 22-4 psychoeducation on time and trust process
  • 26-1 Identifying triggers in their relationship
  • 27-1 Pornography use internet application
  • 28-1 The Joshua memorial
  • 28-2 Community follow-up
  • 28-3 A final termination report
  • 28-4 Final assessment
  • 29-1 The six-month checkup.