1st Edition
Reinventing Relationship Therapy Through the Duo Coaching Framework
Part 1: A Landscape of Approaches to Relationship Therapy
- Introduction
- The World of Relationships
- Psychotherapeutic Landscape
- The World of Relationship Therapy
- Transdisciplinarity in the context of Relationships
Part 2: Discovering New Frameworks
6. The Creation of Duo Coaching
7. A Transformative Space - What comes into the room?
8. Duo Coaching – a New Framework for Relationship Therapy
9.The Relationship Paradigm
Part 3: Guidance for Coaches, Counsellors and Psychoanalysts on extending your practice
10. Guidance for Coaches
11. Guidance for Counsellors
12. Guidance for Psychoanalysts
13. The View from the Co-Therapist's Chair: A Practitioner's Perspective
Part 4: The Essential needs we are supporting
14. The Importance of Relationships
15. Conclusions
Case Studies
A. John and Sarah
B. Carrie and Keith
C. Michael and Olivia
Biography
Neil Wilkie, PhD, is a relationship therapist, founder of Duo Coaching, and creator of the Relationship Paradigm. Recently he was awarded his doctorate in “The Phenomenology of Relationships.” He is a visiting fellow in relationships at Middlesex University.
'Dr Wilkie has produced a long overdue challenge to the orthodoxy of relationship therapy. This groundbreaking book offers a new way to look at the complexity of human relationships and provide a roadmap that offers clarity, potential and ultimately transformation for couples facing the challenges of modern living. Having wrestled with couples therapy over the years this work is quite simply a breath of fresh air. I have much pleasure in fully endorsing this endeavour.'
Keith Jones, PhD, psychotherapist and organisational development consultant
'Reinvent challenges the conventional same old thinking and provides a powerful alternative that’s proven to make a sustainable difference in couples relationships. A must have resource for anyone working in this field.'
Nikki Owen, author and transformationalist
'Reinvent: Reinventing Relationship Therapy through the Duo Coaching Framework has emerged from doctoral research by the author and rigorously peer reviewed by a doctoral examining panel who commended the thesis and the author’s thoughtful research and development of a new concept and practice in relationship coaching. It is an excellent addition to his current and popular publications Reset and Recover.
Compared to other modalities in the arena of psychological interventions, from counselling to coaching, relationship therapy has been slow to evolve to meet the challenges of contemporary times. There are a number of highlights in Reinvent but three standouts are first, how generous this work is in its attention to inviting a range of practitioners in diverse modalities to expand their practices to collaborate in duo coaching. Second is the link between appropriate interventions which duo coaching offers and the collateral benefits of reparative relationships and their role in social cohesion, health and well being. Third, and very importantly is the practical hope Reinvent extends to coaches and clients with its respectful approach, its optimism and its humanity informed by the author’s way of being in the world.'
Kate Maguire, professor, social anthropologist, trauma psychotherapist, Head of Transdisciplinary Research Programmes, Middlesex University
