Close Relationships: What Couple Therapists Can Learn [Paperback]

Susan Hendrick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 1994

This is the first book to take the research area of close relationships and apply it to couples counseling. Topics such as love, attribution, power, and divorce and remarriage are explored from the close relationships perspective. Therapists and those who teach them will find some new relationship ideas that can make counseling couples more effective. Close relationship researchers will find in the book how their ideas can actually be applied in therapy. This book brings together the worlds of the close relationships scholar and the couples therapist.

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"This is an excellent introductory text for a family studies and child development curriculum. The book provides a good foundation for understanding marital relationships."

About the Author

Ph.D., Kent State University

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Brooks Cole; 1 edition (August 11, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534254349
• ISBN-13: 978-0534254346
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,564,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Relationship Counselling, February 14, 2010

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This review is from: Close Relationships: What Couple Therapists Can Learn (Paperback)

Good book. Purchased as a recommended reading for a major. Techniques and terminology simple. Good book to purchase to further knowledge of relationship counselling when you are time pressured.