Doing Couple Therapy: Craft and Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners

by Robert Taibbi

Now thoroughly revised, this practical, user-friendly guide has helped thousands of novice couple therapists and students to navigate the challenges of clinical work with couples in conflict. Robert Taibbi presents effective strategies for rapidly identifying a couple's core issues and conducting each stage of therapy, from the first sessions to termination. Rich with sensitive case material, the book features end-of-chapter exercises that help readers identify and develop their own strengths as practitioners. Appendices include reproducible client handouts that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
 
New to This Edition
*Three chapters offering detailed treatment maps for common couple problems, with new case examples.
*Chapter on the middle stages of treatment.
*Increased attention to the all-important opening sessions.
*Sharper focus on the three major obstacles to couple success: poor communication, emotional wounds, and differing visions.
*Reproducible client handouts explaining key techniques.

See also the author's Doing Family Therapy, Third Edition: Craft and Creativity in Clinical Practice.

Genres: Psychology, Relationships, Nonfiction, School

292 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2009

Reviews

[Samantha Heuwagen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to follow, insightful, and helpful when clinicians need a quick refresh on doing couples therapy.

[Chris Risley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful and accessible. He uses a combination of CBT and systems theory to describe ways to help couples change their patterns in relating.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a great book for students or those in the counseling field looking to work with couples. It provides basic guidance and information.

[AmoRead · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another informative, easy-to-read guidebook from Bob Taibbi. I like his style with clients and as an author. I'm seeing a young couple now and look forward to integrating what I've learned from this book.

[Briana McCoy-Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provided some useful considerations for conceptualizing cases and basic overviews of potential interventions. A lot of the examples seemed heteronormative and reliant on stereotypical gender roles. I was also disappointed in the lack of cultural considerations.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

East to read and very informative

The author occasionally repeats some phrases but it wasn't terribly detrimental to the overarching helpfulness of this textbook, in my opinion.