… that couples therapy often begins with the threat that the couple … or her partner at a therapist's
doorstep before exiting. Others … environmental context or social ecology of the therapeutic …

… Most of the contributors in this volume are couple therapists, and it was only natural for
them to present their topic from a clinical perspective. However, we also wished to look at how …

… Thus, interpretation of maladaptive interpersonal themes in the context of couple therapy
affords unique opportunities for affective reconstruction of these patterns in individuals' primary …

… couple therapy issues are discursive. I have looked specifically at how a discursive dynamic
has unfolded in couple therapy and how dominant discourses of love… of my research context. …

… Contextual therapists also model love, trust, empathy and acceptance, and coach clients
by highlighting imbalances, and finding opportunities for dialogue to increase understanding …

… context was considered to occur primarily in the therapeutic alliance. In couple therapy that
has … partner’s offer of love and support, and piece together this experience in a new way. The …

… In Part One, Varieties of Intimacy, I describe a kaleidoscope of contexts—socio-historical, …
Side by side with these changes toward companionate love, over the last 60 years couples …

… for an integrative couple therapy approach, therapists do not need to … therapists who would
like to work with couples, as well as … that confront couples where the relationship context is an …

… couple relationship stumbles or fails. Moreover and in spite of the fact that children are no
longer necessarily born and brought up in the context of a couple … written by couple therapists, …

… but do present crucial additional considerations in the context of working with couples in
a … tend to emphasize one predominant lens in their theory of love, connection, and health. …