EAN: 9783319133973

AFTA SPRINGERBRIEFS IN FAMILY THERAPY SOCIO-E...

This path-breaking volume introduces Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy for clinical work
with troubled couples. Practice-focused and engaging  it integrates real-world knowledge of the
intersections of gender  culture  power  and identity in relationships with empirical findings
on the neurobiology of attraction. Case examples detail the process of therapists in the moment
as they develop both their clinical skills and their understanding of the social contexts
fueling couples' difficulties. Applications of the method  which can be used with same-sex
couples as well as heterosexual ones  are shown in addressing infidelity  tapping into
partners' spirituality  and modeling and encouraging mutual respect and support. Among the
topics covered: Undoing gendered power in heterosexual couple relationships. Interpersonal
neurobiology  couples  and the societal context. How gender discourses hijack couple
therapy-and how it can be avoided. How SERT therapists develop interventions that address the
larger context. Building a circle of care in same-sex couple relationships. Couple therapy with
adult survivors of child abuse: gender  power  and trust. Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy
opens out practical new possibilities for marriage and family therapists  clinical
psychologists  social workers  and counselors seeking ideas for more meaningful couples work.

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