Schema Therapy for Couples represents the first practitioner guide to detail effective Schema Therapy techniques in couple and relationship therapy.* Shows how the distinctive features of ST make it ideal for addressing the cognitive and emotion-focused problems typical in couple relationships* Presents and integrates a series of innovative tools and interventions such as Schema Therapy with Needs versus Wants, Mode Cycle Clash Cards, limited re-parenting visualization, and chair work* Authored by an international team of experts in couples therapy and Schema Therapy
Schema Therapy with Couples: A Practitioner's Guide to Healing Relationships
About the Authors 3Preface 4Acknowledgments 6Introduction 7Chapter 1 What Schema Therapy Offers 9Chapter 2 The Initial Contract and First Interview 19Chapter 3 Relationship Assessments 32Chapter 4 Understanding the Origins of Relational Styles 45Chapter 5 Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice in Couple Therapy 55Chapter 6 Schemas and Modes 64Chapter 7 Approaching Schema Therapy for Couples 85Chapter 8 Mode Mapping and Mode Cycle Clash-cards 95Chapter 9 Interventions in Couple Treatment 117Chapter 10 Common Problems in Couple Therapy, including Affairs, Forgiveness, and Violence 145Chapter 11 Differentiating Needs from Wants, and the Challenge of Integration 181Chapter 12 Building Friendship, Building the Healthy Adult 198Appendix: Self-care for the Couple Therapist 210References 216Abbreviations 225Index of Therapy Tools and Interventions 226Index 228