03613nam 2200805Ia 450 991082117040332120200520144314.01-134-81938-21-134-81939-01-280-32067-297866103206770-203-42940-010.4324/9780203429402 (CKB)111056485522824(EBL)170413(OCoLC)437078849(SSID)ssj0000148820(PQKBManifestationID)11147022(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148820(PQKBWorkID)10226046(PQKB)10809557(MiAaPQ)EBC170413(Au-PeEL)EBL170413(CaPaEBR)ebr10057699(CaONFJC)MIL32067(OCoLC)51067226(EXLCZ)9911105648552282419951002d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEqual partners - good friends empowering couples through therapy /Claire Rabin1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19961 online resource (295 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-11615-5 0-415-11614-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-271) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a change in perspective; Gender, power and contemporary relationship tension; The egalitarian alternative. What is it? Is it worth the effort?; Friendship: the basic condition of equal partnership; Shared power: the road to mutual empowerment; Towards an integrative model of treatment goals for couples; Assessment; Types of couples seeking therapy; Creating an egalitarian therapeutic system; The treatment model: individual interventions and education about equality; Couple interventionsTreatment of the traditional couple: putting the wife in chargeTreatment of the transitional couple: overt and covert power struggles; Issues in training and supervision; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMarriage as an equal partnership is the goal of amny couples in the western world today and yet equality is often limited by the ways that power and gender interact in the relationship, leading to dissatisfaction and ultimately the break up of the marriage. In Equal PArtners - Good Friends Claire Rabin examines the connection between inequality in marriage and marital distress. Drawing on extensive research and personal interviews in the UK, USA and Israel, she stresses the role of friendship in establishing a truly equal relationship. Focusing on issues of gender, sex roles and powerMarital psychotherapyMan-woman relationshipsSex roleDominance (Psychology)Communication in marriageEqualityFriendshipMarriagePsychological aspectsMarital psychotherapy.Man-woman relationships.Sex role.Dominance (Psychology)Communication in marriage.Equality.Friendship.MarriagePsychological aspects.616616.89/156Rabin Claire Low1668455MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821170403321Equal partners - good friends4029067UNINA