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Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling : A Guide to Brief Therapy by Everett L. Worthington Jr. (2005, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherInterVarsity Press
ISBN-100830827641
ISBN-139780830827640
eBay Product ID (ePID)46590693
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleHope-Focused Marriage Counseling : a Guide to Brief Therapy
Number of Pages331 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychotherapy / Couples & Family, Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery, Psychotherapy / General, Christian Life / Love & Marriage, Christianity / General, Psychotherapy / Counseling
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Psychology
AuthorEverett L. Worthington Jr.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-052145
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsWritten most helpfully for pastors who want to adapt a professional model of marital counseling to their pastoral marital counseling . . . very specific and practical., This outstanding and practical book is certain to become a standard text of Christian marriage counseling. . . . If your budget allows you to purchase only one counseling book this year, consider buying this as your book., Worthington's work is a rock solid strategy for helping couples progress through crisis, while equipping them with skills to effectively manage future conflict.
Dewey Decimal259/.14
Edition DescriptionExpanded,Revised edition
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Preface Introduction Part One: Theory 1. Brief Marital Counseling 2. Bird's Eye View of Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling 3. Using the Strategy to Promote Hope 4. Applying the Strategy to Eight Areas of Marriage Part Two: Interventions 5. Precounseling Interventions 6. Assessment Interventions 7. Interventions for Drawing on Central Values 8. Interventions for Revisioning a Core Vision 9. Interventions for Promoting Confession Forgiveness 10. Interventions for Strengthening Communication 11. Interventions for Aiding Conflict Resolution 12. Interventions for Changing Cognition 13. Interventions for Stimulating More Closeness 14. Interventions for Cementing Commitment 15. Interventions for Promoting Couple Commencement from Counseling 16. Essentials of Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling Appendix: Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling with a Young Professional Couple: A Case Study (Terry L. Hight) Notes Author Index Subject Index Scripture Index
SynopsisEverett L. Worthington Jr. offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples over common rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate, effective and brief., Everett L. Worthington, Jr. offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples over common rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate, effective and brief. His hope-focused (rather than problem-focused) approach enables couples to see that change is possible and gives them a new outlook on the future. Combining this with a brief approach that addresses the realities of managed care and tight budgets, Worthington shows how to be strategic in each counseling situation by including teaching, training, exercises, forgiveness, modeling and motivation. At the heart of the book are dozens of interventions and exercises, including drawing on central values promoting confession and forgiveness strengthening communication aiding conflict resolution changing patterns of thinking developing intimacy cementing commitment Backed by years of experience and substantial research, hope-focused marriage counseling offers hope to counselors that they can provide help to troubled couples quickly, compassionately and effectively. This paperback edition includes a new introduction, summarizing the latest findings and developments in marital counseling and applying hope-focused marriage counseling to today's cultural and clinical realities., Everett L. Worthington, Jr. offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples over common rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate, effective and brief. His hope-focused (rather than problem-focused) approach enables couples to see that change is possible and gives them a new outlook on the future. Combining this with a brief approach that addresses the realities of managed care and tight budgets, Worthington shows how to be strategic in each counseling situation by including teaching, training, exercises, forgiveness, modeling and motivation.At the heart of the book are dozens of interventions and exercises, including drawing on central values promoting confession and forgiveness strengthening communication aiding conflict resolution changing patterns of thinking developing intimacy cementing commitment Backed by years of experience and substantial research, hope-focused marriage counseling offers hope to counselors that they can provide help to troubled couples quickly, compassionately and effectively. This paperback edition includes a new introduction, summarizing the latest findings and developments in marital counseling and applying hope-focused marriage counseling to today's cultural and clinical realities., Everett L. Worthington, Jr. offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples over common rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate, effective and brief. His hope-focused (rather than problem-focused) approach enables couples to see that change is possible and gives them a new outlook on the future. Combining this with a brief approach that addresses the realities of managed care and tight budgets, Worthington shows how to be strategic in each counseling situation by including teaching, training, exercises, forgiveness, modeling and motivation.At the heart of the book are dozens of interventions and exercises, includingdrawing on central valuespromoting confession and forgivenessstrengthening communicationaiding conflict resolutionchanging patterns of thinkingdeveloping intimacycementing commitmentBacked by years of experience and substantial research, hope-focused marriage counseling offers hope to counselors that they can provide help to troubled couples quickly, compassionately and effectively. This paperback edition includes a new introduction, summarizing the latest findings and developments in marital counseling and applying hope-focused marriage counseling to today's cultural and clinical realities.
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