1st Edition
The Dilemmas of Intimacy Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment
By Karen J. Prager
Copyright 2014
304 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
304 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
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Grounded in the cognitive-behavioral approach, The Dilemmas of Intimacy focuses exclusively on understanding, assessing, and treating common problems with intimacy. Intimacy offers both risks and rewards, which create three dilemmas that every couple must negotiate: joy vs. protection from hurt, I vs. we, and past vs. present. These dilemmas offer readers a window into the treatment of intimacy... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1: Rewards, Risks, and Intimacy Dilemmas
Chapter 2: The Assessment of Intimacy-Related Problems
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Building the Therapeutic Alliance
Chapter 4: Behavioral Interventions
Chapter 5: Affective Interventions
Chapter 6: Cognitive Intervention
Chapter 7: Intimacy’s Core Dilemma: Joy Vs. Protection from Pain
Chapter 8: Intimacy Dilemma 2: How Much “I” Vs. How Much “We?”
Chapter 9: The Urge to Merge, Dilemma 2 and the Challenges of Differentiation
Chapter 10: Dilemma 3: “The Past Lives in the Present”
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 1: Rewards, Risks, and Intimacy Dilemmas
Chapter 2: The Assessment of Intimacy-Related Problems
Chapter 3: Getting Started and Building the Therapeutic Alliance
Chapter 4: Behavioral Interventions
Chapter 5: Affective Interventions
Chapter 6: Cognitive Intervention
Chapter 7: Intimacy’s Core Dilemma: Joy Vs. Protection from Pain
Chapter 8: Intimacy Dilemma 2: How Much “I” Vs. How Much “We?”
Chapter 9: The Urge to Merge, Dilemma 2 and the Challenges of Differentiation
Chapter 10: Dilemma 3: “The Past Lives in the Present”
Concluding Thoughts
Biography
Karen J. Prager, PhD, ABPP, is a professor of psychology and program head for gender studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. She is also a diplomate in couple and family psychology, specializes in the treatment of troubled relationships, and offers supervision and continuing education for mental health professionals on couple therapy.
