Marriage & Family Therapy

Evidence-based couple therapy for chronic illnesses: Enriching the emotional quality of relationships with emotionally focused therapy.

by Nilufer Kafescioglu

Chawla, N., & Kafescioglu, N. (2012). Evidence-based couple therapy for chronic illnesses: Enriching the emotional quality of relationships with emotionally focused therapy. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 23, 42-53.

Chronic illness affects couples’ relationship dynamics as well as individual functioning. A chronic illness may... more Chronic illness affects couples’ relationship dynamics as well as individual functioning. A chronic illness may present a significant amount of stress for both the patient and partner. In this paper, we discuss the application of an empirically supported couples’ therapy approach, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) to address relationship distress and individual functioning in the context of chronic illness. In two case examples, we show how couples can learn to enrich the emotional quality of their relationship, express their inner most feelings of fear, sadness, and loneliness to each other to expand their emotional experiences, and meet each others’ needs for safety, comfort, and security despite the limitations and challenges presented by chronic illnesses.

Engineering love

by Brian Earp

Savulescu, J. and Sandberg, A. (2012). Love machine: Engineering lifelong romance. New Scientist, 2864, 28-29.

Essay partially adapted from Earp, B. D., Sandberg, A., and Savulescu, J. (2012). Natural selection, childrearing, and the ethics of marriage (and divorce): Building a case for the neuroenhancement of human relationships. Philosophy & Technology, forthcoming [see "profile" box in article].

Available at the New Scientist website: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428646.200-love-machine-engineering-lifelong-romance.html

New Scientist BIG IDEA section, May 2012.

With break-up and divorce a major part of modern life, it looks... more New Scientist BIG IDEA section, May 2012.

With break-up and divorce a major part of modern life, it looks like we may be outliving our inborn capacity to love. But there could be a way to outwit evolution and make love last.

Also available at New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428646.200-love-machine-engineering-lifelong-romance.html.

(Gibney, P.) Reimagining psychotherapy: An interview with Hillary and Bradford Keeney. Psychotherapy in Australia, 18(3), 42-51

by Hillary Stephenson Keeney

Keeney, H. & Keeney, B. (2012). Recursive Frame Analysis: Reflections on the Development of a Qualitative Research Method. The Qualitative Report, 17(2)

by Hillary Stephenson Keeney

Inside the Economic Institution: Modeling Household Budget Structures

by Richard Wilk

in Anthropology and Institutional Economics, James Acheson, ed., University Press of America. pp. 365-390.

How do households handle money? Reviews theories and proposes models. How do households handle money? Reviews theories and proposes models.

PRACTICAL COUNSELING SKILLS AND APPROACHES

by Daniel Keeran MSW

By Daniel Keeran, MSW, President, College of Mental Health Counselling

This is a convenient list of practical counseling articles with clickable hypertext to access the full version. Topics... more This is a convenient list of practical counseling articles with clickable hypertext to access the full version. Topics include:

What To Say When Dying,
Working With Anger,
Counseling Depression,
Counseling Domestic Violence,
Healing Childhood Loss of Caring,
Healing Grief,
Healing Sexual Abuse,
Effective Counseling Skills,
Solving Issues in Marriage,
Solving Problems,
Steps To Prevent Suicide,
Steps for Healing Adultery

Family Therapy and Autism: a personal construct approach (2000)

by Harry Procter

In Powell, S. (Ed.) Helping children with autism to learn. David Fulton: London

Interpersonal and Systemic Theories of Personality

by Gonzalo Bacigalupe

Gold, S., & Bacigalupe, G. (1998). Chapter in D.F. Barone, M. Hersen, & V.B.V. Hasselt (Eds.) Advanced Personality

The interpersonal and systemic constellation of personality theories has, throughout its evolution, explicitly... more The interpersonal and systemic constellation of personality theories has, throughout its evolution, explicitly questioned the notion of personality as a force which guides, shapes, and explains behavior.  Interpersonal and systems theorists maintain that human behavior is not adequately accounted for solely by the workings of the personality of the individual.  They have argued that forces beyond the personality and outside the control of the individual either contribute to, or more or less exclusively direct, behavior.  More specifically, interpersonal and systems theorists contend that behavior is controlled, at least in large part, by the social environment in the form of interpersonal influences and social systems.

Community based divorce education programmes: Short-term and longer-term impacts

by Sherrill Hayes

co-author Lori Pelletier

Evaluation of a community-based parenting education program for parents in conflict over child custody and visitation.... more Evaluation of a community-based parenting education program for parents in conflict over child custody and visitation. The evaluation shows the positive short and longer term impacts of this program on parenting attitudes and behaviors and situates it in similar programs across North America.

Keeney, H. & Keeney, B. (2012). Externalization in narrative therapy: Addressing a modernist reemergence of exorcism. Terapia y Familia (Journal of the Mexican Association of Family Therapy).

by Hillary Stephenson Keeney

H. Keeney & B. Keeney (2012). What is systemic about systemic therapy? Therapy models muddle systemic practice. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 31(1), 22-37.

by Hillary Stephenson Keeney

Comparison of Person-Centered and Adlerian Therapy

by Hugo Rabson

Whereas PCT focuses on positive unconditional regard, Adlerian therapy is more solution-oriented. PCT does incorporate... more Whereas PCT focuses on positive unconditional regard, Adlerian therapy is more solution-oriented. PCT does incorporate the goal-task-method framework, but this is subsumed under the therapist’s regard for the client. For an Adlerian, it is the other way around.

Freudian Psychology vs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

by Hugo Rabson

Whereas Freudian psychoanalysis can take months or even years to yield a result (Grossman, 2003), CBT can bring... more Whereas Freudian psychoanalysis can take months or even years to yield a result (Grossman, 2003), CBT can bring measurable improvement in considerably less time (Tolin, 2010). Indeed, two of the most common complaints about Freudian psychoanalysis are that it is time-consuming and expensive (Tridon, 1921). On the other hand, CBT tends to “ignore the effects of an individual’s history in favor of a shallow analysis of the here and now” (Leader, 2008, para. 28) and thus neglect the patient’s long-term needs in favor of short-term improvement in the quality of life. Darnell’s case warrants further investigation by Freudian and CBT therapists who, in pursuit of a better quality of life for Darnell, will employ techniques peculiar to each school of thought.

Kohlberg and the Problems of the Client

by Hugo Rabson

Whatever school the therapist belongs to, he or she will find immense value in gaining a truer grasp of the spiritual... more Whatever school the therapist belongs to, he or she will find immense value in gaining a truer grasp of the spiritual convictions of the client, the roots of those convictions, and the how much postformal thinking is going on in the client’s mind when the client is engaged in unhealthy thoughts or activities. The client may well be unaware of the impact of these superordinate goals, but a good therapist will reflect back to the client the causes and antecedents of those goals. This will in turn give the client a chance to reevaluate his or her core beliefs without pushing a particular agenda, other than a positive therapeutic outcome.

Understanding Personality

by Hugo Rabson

Good practitioners will familiarize themselves with each patient’s situation, will ask the right questions to... more Good practitioners will familiarize themselves with each patient’s situation, will ask the right questions to establish which personality theory or theories will fit the patient the best, and will design a treatment plan that combines the personality theory, treatment theory, and practical time frame. Personality dynamics is as much an art as a science, but the best therapists customize contemporary theories to suit the unique needs of each patient.

Aging and Maturing in Early Adulthood

by Hugo Rabson

Notwithstanding the vexatious machinations of Prof. Bernstein and the desultory philippics of The Beach Boys, early... more Notwithstanding the vexatious machinations of Prof. Bernstein and the desultory philippics of The Beach Boys, early adulthood remains as misunderstood as quantum physics. This document discusses children’s painful yet inexorable foray into adulthood from the perspective of cognitive development, physical and mental health, relationships, and intelligence.

Report on the four parenting styles

by Hugo Rabson

The four styles of parenting – permissive, authoritative, uninvolved, and authoritarian – reveal four sides to the... more The four styles of parenting – permissive, authoritative, uninvolved, and authoritarian – reveal four sides to the human psyche. Authoritative parenting is, according to the experts, the best form of parenting. Yet some parents insist upon raising their children in other styles. Parents, like children, remain unpredictable.

Schools, Programs, and the Self-Esteem of Children

by Hugo Rabson

The extent to which public schools could or should instill self-esteem in children, is a question that many experts... more The extent to which public schools could or should instill self-esteem in children, is a question that many experts have attempted to answer. Too much self-esteem is bad, too little is worse, and narcissism is a bête noire. No school-based activity, apart from after-school care for the children of single parents, can be guaranteed to give children the start they need in life. Only good parenting can do that.

Roles and Careers

by Hugo Rabson

In an underestimation that is matched historically only by the Roman Emperor Pertinax’s underestimation of the... more In an underestimation that is matched historically only by the Roman Emperor Pertinax’s underestimation of the corruptibility of the Praetorian Guard, Permanyer (2008) states that “In recent years there has been increasing concern about what might broadly be referred to as ‘gender equality issues’” (p. 87). Societal roles have been hotly debated throughout the French revolution of the 18th Century, the Euro-American industrial revolution of the 19th Century, and the modern American Feminist movement of the 20th Century.

Effective Counseling Skills: the practical wording of therapeutic statements and processes

by Daniel Keeran MSW

by Daniel Keeran, MSW, RMHC-S

Also used as a counselor training and examination manual, this book gives away the secrets of effective counselors and... more Also used as a counselor training and examination manual, this book gives away the secrets of effective counselors and therapists. The practical skills and concepts distilled in the present form, are the contributions of countless colleagues and clients who over the years have challenged the creative energies of the author. Effective Counseling Skills is designed to achieve the primary purpose of making counseling skills public knowledge in the belief that the health of society is improved when counseling is known to the most people. The style of the manual is conversational with numerous examples of the wording of therapeutic statements.

Major topic areas include an explanation of the client's personal history, suicide prevention, how to begin and deepen the counseling process, helping the client learn healthy ways of relating, moving the client from childhood to maturity, skills for healing grief, and working with couples facing issues of conflict, infidelity, addiction, and other common problems. Practical ways to build and manage a counseling practice are presented. A detailed index and table of contents make the volume easy to use as a guide for both the practitioner as well as people seeking help.

See this news release entitled "Mental Health News: Library Acquisitions Add Counseling Text To Collections" http://prlog.org/11741730

The title is also available through interlibrary loan in the US and Canada from major public and university libraries including : Howard University, University of Hawaii at Hilo, University of Manitoba, Vancouver Public Library (Canada), Dallas Theological Seminary, Bogazici Univ Library – Istanbul (Turkey), San Diego Public Library, Dixie State College of Utah, University of Louisville, University of Southern California, Texas A&M University, University of Missouri--Columbia, University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System, Columbia University Libraries, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Hunter College Wexler Library – New York, NY, Trinity International University, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis.

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