Helping Couples on the Brink of Divorce : Discernment Counseling for Troubled Relationships
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1433827506
ISBN-13
9781433827501
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Imprint
American Psychological Association
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 17th, 2017
Print length
229 Pages
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A five-session protocol helps couples with mixed agendas untangle their relationship challenges. By engaging in both private and joint dialogues, each partner explores their impact on shared problems, clarifying contributions while paving the way for either focused therapy or a decision to separate.
New in paperback, this book presents a five-session protocol for distressed couples to learn about what has happened to their relationship and each person amp rsquo s contributions to the problems, with the goal of clarifying a direction for their marriage.
Therapists and counselors can find themselves at an impasse when working with amp ldquo mixed-agenda amp rdquo couples-where one partner is considering divorce, while the other wants to preserve the marriage and start therapy. Such couples are a common and difficult challenge in clinical practice. To help confirm each partner amp rsquo s agenda before taking decisive steps toward either reconciliation or divorce, this book presents a richly-illustrated protocol called discernment counseling, for helping couples understand what has happened to their relationship and each person amp rsquo s contributions to the problems. The goal is to gain clarity and confidence about a direction for their marriage. Discernment counseling generally ends with a decision to divorce or a decision to engage in six months of couples therapy. Chapters cover special topics such as affairs and when one spouse has amp ldquo fallen out of love amp rdquo with the other.
Discernment counseling features individual conversations with the leaning-in and leaning-out spouse, along with carefully orchestrated times for each partner to share what they learned in the individual conversations. A special feature of the protocol is its short-term nature, with an initial commitment to just one session and a decision each time whether to do another session, up to five. This strategy invites both spouses to keep making choices to continue the work.
Therapists and counselors can find themselves at an impasse when working with amp ldquo mixed-agenda amp rdquo couples-where one partner is considering divorce, while the other wants to preserve the marriage and start therapy. Such couples are a common and difficult challenge in clinical practice. To help confirm each partner amp rsquo s agenda before taking decisive steps toward either reconciliation or divorce, this book presents a richly-illustrated protocol called discernment counseling, for helping couples understand what has happened to their relationship and each person amp rsquo s contributions to the problems. The goal is to gain clarity and confidence about a direction for their marriage. Discernment counseling generally ends with a decision to divorce or a decision to engage in six months of couples therapy. Chapters cover special topics such as affairs and when one spouse has amp ldquo fallen out of love amp rdquo with the other.
Discernment counseling features individual conversations with the leaning-in and leaning-out spouse, along with carefully orchestrated times for each partner to share what they learned in the individual conversations. A special feature of the protocol is its short-term nature, with an initial commitment to just one session and a decision each time whether to do another session, up to five. This strategy invites both spouses to keep making choices to continue the work.
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