1st Edition

Building Intimate Relationships Bridging Treatment, Education, and Enrichment Through the PAIRS Program

Edited By Rita DeMaria, Mo Therese Hannah Copyright 2003
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    The PAIRS course acts as a kind of bridge between marriage education and therapy, working both with couples in healthy relationships hoping to improve intimacy, and with distressed couples trying to save their marriages. Building Intimate Relationships is an edited work with contributions from the creator of the PAIRS program and the most experienced PAIRS leaders. It describes the elements of the PAIRS course and discusses the application of the theories and techniques taught in the PAIRS program. Chapters include discussions on intimacy, communication, conflict resolution, emotional literacy, sensuality and sexuality, spirituality and gender issues.

    Foreword, Mo Therese Hannah
    Preface, Diane Sollee
    Introduction to PAIRS, Rita DeMaria

    Part One: The PAIRS Program in Context1. An Overview of the PAIRS Program, Rita DeMaria
    2. The Saga of the Development of PAIRS, Lori H. Gordon
    3. The Voices of the PAIRS Leaders, Barbara Bogartz

    Part Two: The PAIRS Program: Through the Voices of the Leaders4. The PAIRS Relationship Road Map, Robin Temple
    5. Emotional Literacy and Healthy Relationships, Ann Ladd
    6. Communication and Conflict Resolution, J. Thomas DeVoge and Joyce B. DeVoge
    7. PAIRS and Family Systems, Bonnie Gordon-Rabinowitz and Marc D. Rabinowitz
    8. Bonding and Emotional Literacy, Carlos Durana
    9. Sensuality and Sexuality, Don Adam and Don Azevedo
    10. Contracting: Clarifying Expectations, Ellen B. Purcell
    11. Spirituality and the PAIRS Program, Teresa Adams
    12. PAIRS Research, Carlos Durana

    Part Three: Special Populations and Adaptations13. Stepfamilies, Bill and Linda Wing
    14. PEERS: Programs for Youth, Seth Eisenberg
    15. PAIRS Short Programs, Kelly Simpson

    Part Four: Practical Realities16. Exploring Gender Issues in the PAIRS Program, Elaine Braff
    17. PAIRS: Health and Wellness-Preliminary Considerations, Christine Hibbard and David
    Hibbard 18. Ethics, J. Thomas DeVoge

    Epilogue: Spiritual Partnership, Rabbi Morris Gordon
    Closing, Rabbi Morris Gordon
    Appendix
    Contributors
    Index

    Biography

    Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Siena College in Loudonville, New York and an Advanced Clinician in Imago Relationship Therapy. Dr. Hannah is co-editor of Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy (1999, Taylor/Francis) and of Healing in the Relational Paradigm (1998, Taylor/Francis). She is the co-author of The EQ (Social-Emotional Intelligence) Program (2000, Symenet Press). Since 1996, she has served as Editor/Managing Editor of The Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy. She practices couples therapy near Albany, New York.