1st Edition
Short-Term Object Relations Couples Therapy The Five-Step Model
By James M. Donovan
Copyright 2003
304 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Brief therapies have become popular-indeed a necessity-in today's managed care environment. Perhaps because it is one of the more complex psychoanalytical models, object relations theory for couples has not been adapted to a short-term model until now. In this volume, James Donovan provides a model for short-term object relations couples therapy, while at the same time offering an easy-to-read... Read more
Dedication. Preface. Short-Term, Object Relations Couple Therapy - The Five-step Model. Object Relations Theory: It's Application to Understanding Marital Choice and Couple Therapy - The Contributions of Henry Dicks and David and Jill Scharff. Investigate the Triangle of Focus. Exploring the Triangle of Conflict. Short Term Couple Group Psychotherapy: A Tale of Four Fights. How do Couples Change in Brief Therapy? Completing the Couple Therapy Puzzle: A Hybrid Approach, A Generic Model, and Closing Thoughts on the Mechanisms of Change.
Biography
James M. Donovan
"This is one of the best books about any kind of psychotherapy that I have read in my forty years as a psychiatric educator; I consider it a "must read" for every trainee in psychiatry, psychology and psychiatric social work, and a very helpful addition to any active clinician's library." -- Jonathan Borus, Psychiatrist in Chief, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
