1st Edition
Winnicott and 'Good Enough' Couple Therapy Reflections of a couple therapist
Winnicott and I. How Therapists View Good Enough Therapy – The Interviews. The Process of Good Enough in Therapy with Couples. Hate and Aggression in Couples Therapy. Transitional Objects, Transitional Space and Potential Space and Couples Therapy. Countertransference in Couples Therapy.
Biography
Claire Rabin is director of the family and couple training programme at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the founder and director of the Claire Rabin Clinic for Couples Therapy. Her previous publications include Equal Partners - Good Friends: Empowering couples through therapy.
'In this highly readable and generous book, Claire Rabin pulls together threads from her professional and personal experience that have influenced her development and practice as a couple therapist. Committed to no one school of thought, and well-informed about many, she draws on the work of paediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott to bind and represent what has been of most importance to her. This breaks new ground, and couple therapists stand to gain much from reading about the journey she has made.' - Christopher Clulow, PhD. Senior Fellow, The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships.
‘This is a thoughtful book about one person’s journey to becoming a couple therapist and using one of the grand masters of attachment theory – Winnicott - as a guide. The author encourages us to step beyond our desire to be magicians and to simply be able to be truly WITH our clients as they grow.’ - Dr Sue Johnson, author and proponent of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT)
‘Claire Rabin transports Winnicott's concept of the "good enough mother" into the fresh arena of couples therapy. Rabin seeks an open, fully engaged relationship with her readers as much as with her clients. She reveals herself personally and professionally, while speaking of love as well as hate. Rabin throws the whole of her heart, soul, and mind into her work, just as any good enough mother would. Couples psychotherapy is no easy task; many couples wait up to 7 years before seeking help. When conflict is this high, to be a good enough couples therapist all too often requires being a great one. With decades of clinical work under her belt and a thorough understanding of multiple theoretical perspectives, Rabin teaches us how to be a "good enough" couples psychotherapist by showing us the courage, empathy, experience, and conviction it takes to become a great one.’ - Terry Marks-Tarlow, Ph.D., author, Psyche's Veil (2008)
"Who would have thought that a book on applying Winnicott’s theories to the practice of couples therapy would turn out to read like a fun novel! The author's valuable insights, engagingly energetic writing style, broad eclecticism and wisdom, plus her so-readable explanations of Winnicott’s often-overlooked yet all-so-important perspectives make this book a great read. Perfect for couples therapists and would-be couples therapists who want to curl up in the evening with an absorbing book and at the same time upgrade their professional effectiveness." - Susan Heitler, Ph.D., author, From Conflict to Resolution
