When One Wants Out and the Other Doesn't: Doing Therapy with Polarized Couples Contributor(s): Crosby, John F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138009520 ISBN-13: 9781138009523 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Couples & Family - Family & Relationships | Divorce & Separation - Psychology | Mental Health |
Dewey: 616.891 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.88 lbs) 284 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Divorce |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For anyone who practices marriage and family therapy the author says they have one kind of client population that seems to be a modal or predominating type. For three decades he has experienced more marital situations where one of the couple wants "out" of the marriage and the other wants to "stay in" than any other type. The idea for this collection of first-person therapy methodologies developed after two successive national meetings of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), in New York (1985) and Orlando (1986). The cases that were discussed were characterized by the presence of alcoholism, and drug and other addictions, rather than presentations that dealt with a polarized couple wherein the marriage had simply become a devitalized, ho-hum relationship. This volume seeks to address the balance. |