The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner

by O'Leary, K. Daniel; Heyman, Richard E.; Jongsma, Arthur E.

• ISBN13: 9780470406953
• ISBN10: 047040695X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-18
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Fully updated and revised, this book contains treatment plan components for forty behaviorally based presenting problems including jealousy, midlife crisis, parenting conflicts, and sexual dysfunction. Featuring new Evidence-Based Practice Interventions required by many public funding sources and private insurers, this guide is designed for complementary use with The Couples Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner. The Second Edition of this step-by-step guide saves marriage and clinical therapists hours of painstaking paperwork, while providing optimum latitude in developing customized treatment plans for working with families.

Author Biography

Arthur E. Jongsma, Jr., PhD, is the Series Editor for the bestselling Practice Planners. Since 1971, he has provided professional mental health services to both inpatient and outpatient clients. He was the founder and director of Psychological Consultants, a group private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for twenty-five years. He is the author or coauthor of over forty books and conducts training workshops for mental health professionals around the world. K. Daniel O'Leary, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. His current research focuses on physical and psychological aggression in intimate relations and factors in marriage that lead to clinical depression. Richard E. Heyman, PhD, is a Research Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. Dr. Heyman's research program focuses on the development and maintenance of family problems.

Table of Contents

Alcohol Abuse

Anger

Anxiety

Blame

Blended-Family Problems

Communication

Dependency

Depression Independent of Relationship Problems

Depression Due to Relationship Problems

Disillusionment with Relationship

Eating Disorder

Financial Conflict

Infidelity

Intolerance

Jealousy

Job Stress

Life-Changing Events

Loss of Love/Affection

Midlife Crisis

One Partner Unwilling to Attend Therapy

Parenting Conflicts--Adolescents

Parenting Conflicts--Children

Personality Differences

Physical Abuse

Psychological Abuse

Recreational Activities Dispute

Religion/Spirituality Differences

Separation and Divorce

Sexual Abuse

Sexual Dysfunction

Work/Home Role Strain

Appendices

Bibliography

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