Couple Counselling: A Practical Guide

Filled with practical examples, this book examines all issues experienced by couples including sexual difficulties, infidelity, violence and abuse. ′This book is well overdue and fills a gap in the market for accessible, pragmatic and sophisticated writing about therapy with couples. This book is inclusive, user-friendly and manages to make links with other approaches where others see divisions′ -
Mark Hayward
Institute of Narrative Therapy

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′I strongly recommend this book to any individual counsellor who wants to work effectively with couples, and also to any couple counsellor who wants to enrich their practice′ -
Barry Bowen, Systemic Psychotherapist

This practical book outlines the essential principles and practices of couple counselling. Demystifying this form of therapy, the author provides a step-by-step guide from the first meeting through to subsequent sessions. The book includes a wealth of supporting features including case examples, student exercises, points for reflection and memory-jog pages to use in practice. As well as chapters illustrating counselling for problems frequently experienced by couples, such as sexual difficulties, infidelity, violence and abuse, key content includes:

- cultural differences in couples work

- varieties of committed relationships

- responses to specific difficulties

- ethical issues that arise as a result of working with two people

- gender differences in relation to the counsellor′s own sexuality and/or gender

- the value of training courses and supervision

- persons′ narratives as a basis for change.

This book comprises a sound basis for one-to-one practitioners wishing to expand their expertise and practice of therapy into working with couples, and for students training in this mode of counselling

• | Author: Martin Payne
• | Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• | Publication Date: Mar 22, 2010
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781848600492
• | ISBN-10: 1848600496