Ways we love : a DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH TO TREATING COUPLES
This innovative volume delineates a developmental theory of love relationships that provides a comprehensive framwork for treating couples.
Case studies
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9781593850197, 1593850190
141382191
IntroductionI: Patterns of ConnectionNURTURING1. The Foundation of Loving2. Cultural Myths and Marital Malnourishment3. The Development of Nurturing: Common Treatment Problems4. The Caretaker and the Needful Child: A Nurturing CollusionMERGING5. Closeness as Oneness6. The Development of Merging: Common Treatment ProblemsIDEALIZING7. The Bedrock of Passion8. The Development of Idealizing: Common Treatment Problems9. The Adoring Parent and the Adorable Child: An Idealizing CollusionII: Patterns of SeparatenessDEVALUING10. You're No Good!11. The Development of Devaluing: Common Treatment Problems12. The Judgmental Parent and the Guilty Child: A Blaming CollusionCONTROLLING13. Who's in Charge?14. The Development of Controlling: Common Treatment ProblemsCOMPETING15. Who's Better and Vying for Love16. Winning, Losing, and Gender17. Competing for Superiority: Development and Common Treatment Problems18. Competing in Love Triangles: Development and Common Treatment Problems19. Love Triangles in Couple Therapy