Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Neil S. Jacobson (Editor), Alan S. Gurman Phd (Editor)

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...each chapter of this handbook is a resource in itself...This is an important book for all practitioners and an excellent text for teaching and training -- Readings, September 1996

...logical, thoughtful, and comprehensive. Its carefully designed chapters broach some potentially difficult themes and effectively reflect the current paradigm shifts in the industry from curative targeting to the offering of a useful therapist-patient alliance. The strength of this collection of articles is in its organization. ....the ambitious scope of this volume is amply fulfilled....if one's orientation is synchronous with a humanistic method, much of what this book has to say will be welcome, new, and applicable -- Journal of Sex 7 Marital Therapy, Vol. 23, No.1, Spring 1997

This Handbook will certainly supplant its predecessor as the essential reference in its field, useful both to students as an introductory text and to experience practitioners as compendium of the state of the art....Excellent and should be read by every therapist -- Child and Family Behavior Therapy 18:4

This is a remarkably good book, and by any standard it obviously achieves the goal of providing readers with a wealth of information about a variety of theoretical perspectives that apply to couple therapy and about the clinical issues that arise in this context. I strongly recommend this book to professionals who work regularly with couples, to therapy outcome researchers who want to know more about the kinds of interventions that are available in this area, and to basic relationship investigators who are conducting research designed to clarify how relationships function....essential reading for students who are learning to intervene with couples; the chapters would provide an outstanding foundation for students in clinical practice. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to someone who already owns the original version -- Contemporary Psychology, 1997, Vol. 42, No. 3

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"This is a remarkably good book, and by any standard it obviously achieves the goal of providing readers with a wealth of information about a variety of theoretical perspectives that apply to couple therapy and about the clinical issues that arise in this context. I strongly recommend this book to professionals who work regularly with couples, to therapy outcome researchers who want to know more about the kinds of interventions that are available in this area, and to basic relationship investigators who are conducting research designed to clarify how relationships function. ... essential reading for students who are learning to intervene with couples; the chapters would provide an outstanding foundation for students in clinical practice. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to someone who already owns the original version." --Thomas N. Bradbury, Contemporary Psychology

"...logical, thoughtful, and comprehensive. Its carefully designed chapters broach some potentially difficult themes and effectively reflect the current paradigm shifts in the industry from curative targeting to the offering of a useful therapist-patient alliance. The strength of this collection of articles is in its organization. ....the ambitious scope of this volume is amply fulfilled. ...if one's orientation is synchronous with a humanistic method, much of what this book has to say will be welcome, new, and applicable." Laura L. Post, Oakland, CA. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy

"This Handbook will certainly supplant its predecessor as the essential reference in its field, useful both to students as an introductory text and to experience practitioners as compendium of the state of the art....Excellent and should be read by every therapist." --Sam R. Hamburg in Child and Family Behavior Therapy

"...each chapter of this handbook is a resource in itself...This is an important book for all practitioners and an excellent text for teaching and training." --Lois Braverman, MSW, Readings

"We have only belatedly recognized that the fallout from the personal misery of marital strife has social consequences (alcoholism, crime, drug addiction, child abuse, accidents, etc.). Recognizing the centrality of couple therapy, Jacobson and Gurman published in 1986 the Clinical Handbook of Marital Therapy. This excellent text became the standard for coverage of the field. Now, with the publication of the Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, these authors have amassed a group of contributors who not only describe changes in treatment models for couples, but demonstrate today's sophisticated understanding of the complexities of this most intimate of adult relationships. Clinicians who treat couples cannot do without this book." --James L. Framo, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, United States International University, San Diego, CA

"The Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, edited by Jacobson and Gurman, is an excellent contribution to the marital and family therapy literature. Written in the tradition of the fine first edition of this work, Jacobson and Gurman have selected state-of-the-art chapters representative of contemporary couple therapy. None of the chapters in the current edition are repeats of the older edition which both speaks to how the field is changing and the editors attention to making this a unique contribution of selected works that what will in time likely prove to be the text of choice in the field for training marital and family therapists in couples therapy. I used the first edition of this work for five years and finally dropped it in favor of more recent volumes that were available. I am pleased to see this new edition coming out just in time for my class in Marital Therapy. Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy is essential reading for students, trainees, and seasoned clinicians alike. It offers a good integrative overview of key theories, principles, methods and treatment issues." --Charles Lee Cole, Ph.D., L.M.F.T., Assoc Prof of Family Therapy and Director of the Family Therapy Clinic, Iowa State University

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 510 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (July 28, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898628555
• ISBN-13: 978-0898628555
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 225 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overview of several couple therapies, March 21, 2006

By	Hege Riise - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Third Edition (Hardcover)

This is a collection of chapters written about couple and marital therapy. The chapters are authored by recognized experts in the different therapies, and contain theoretical background, techniques, and case examples. It provides a general overview of the therapies, without going in great detail about any of them.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must!, September 11, 2005

By	Family Therapist (Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Third Edition (Hardcover)

For the practicing clinician, this is an invaluable work outlining the prevalent theoretical frameworks in couples therapy. It is interesting and readable, not the dry academic tome the previous reviewer claims it to be. And it actually includes narrative therapy and emotionally focused therapy! two cutting-edge modalities that give us hope the field is finally coming out of the Dark Ages when cognitive-behavioural therapy was the best we had to offer. (No wonder couple therapy has had such poor results!) It does a good job of discussing the basics of the most difficult work a therapist can do, covering many issues couples might have to deal with (see the table of contents). I would wish for more discussion on especially difficult issues such as working with secrets, blended families, high-conflict couples, immigrant/refugee issues, or the impact of trauma generally. Next edition, maybe.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars very boring read, January 9, 2007

By	Jennifer Green - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Third Edition (Hardcover)

This book exposes you to a lot of types of therapy, but the chapters arevery dry and boring. Unless youa re used to reading APA style i would not recomend it.