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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964864303321

Autore

Bagarozzi Dennis A

Titolo

Couples in collusion : short-term, assessment-based strategies for helping couples disarm their defenses / / Dennis A. Bagarozzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Routledge, 2012, c2013

New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-51891-6

1-283-52081-8

9786613833266

0-203-15234-4

1-136-51892-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Family therapy and counseling serie

Disciplina

616.89/1562

Soggetti

Marriage counseling

Interpersonal relations

Counseling psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Couples in Collusion; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; 1. A Couple's Presentation as a Collusive Defense; 2. Marital Structure, Interactive Dynamics, and the Self; 3. Assessment: Theoretical and Practical Considerations; 4. Revisiting the Presenting Problem as a Collusive Defense: Treatment Guidelines and Case Studies; 5. Acting Out and Monitoring and Restraining: An Overview; 6. Acting Out: Case Examples and Treatment; 7. Monitoring and Restraining: Case Example and Treatment; 8. Complementary Defensive Systems: Couple Mythologies

9. Further Assessment Considerations: Primitive Defenses in Borderline and Narcissistic Disorders10. Working With Primitive Defenses in Couple Therapy: Case Examples of Borderline and Narcissistic Dynamics; Epilogue; Appendix A: Follow-Up Questionnaire; Appendix B: Relationship Problems Questionnaire; Appendix C: Guidelines for Speakers and Receivers; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

When a couple enters therapy, both partners have either explicit or



implicit understandings of what can-and, more importantly, cannot-be discussed in therapy. Even when empirically tested assessments are used to help pinpoint areas of concern and conflict, couples may choose to identify only those areas that are relatively safe and do not seriously threaten each partner's sense of integrity and vulnerability. How is a therapist supposed to proceed when a couple comes in for a tune-up, not realizing that their entire transmission needs to be serviced? Therapists know that some relationships,