Preparing couples for couples group psychotherapy -- Structuring an efficient treatment package -- Establishing and maintaining workable group policies -- Treatment skills with intimate partners -- Building cohesiveness in couples and groups -- Making the most of the stages of group development -- Designing effective structured interventions -- The intervention hierarchy: four levels -- Handling predictable problems in ongoing groups -- Coordinating clinical diagnosis with outcome research -- Recent advances in couples expertise: theory, research, and practice
Summary
Couples Group Psychotherapy gives therapists everything they need to develop a cost-effective, time-efficient method for addressing the needs of diverse communities and uncommon settings. Clinicians will come away from this book with a significantly enhanced skillset and a broadened understanding of how to treat couples effectively
