Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: couples, simultaneously, journal, therapy, published, monograph, pregnancy, welcome, unwelcome
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1999-10-22
List price: $57.50
ISBN-10: 0789007878
ISBN-13: 9780789007872

From Couples and Pregnancy: Welcome, Unwelcome, and In-Between, therapists will gain valuable insight into the profound psychological effects that pregnancy and birth have on a couple’s relationship, especially on their experience of intimacy. However, as this unique book discusses, the nature of the impact on couples depends on the developmental stage of each person and the couple’s ability to adapt to new circumstances. This intelligent guide also examines the challenges that confront couples who must deal with unwelcome pregnancies. Couples and Pregnancy provides you with succes

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: intimacy, prerequisites, connecting, couples
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2000-10-19
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0789011646
ISBN-13: 9780789011640

Couples Connecting: Prerequisites of Intimacy identifies the cultural and personal attitudes that impede commitment and impair intimacy, from the culture of narcissism to the fear of following destructive family patterns. This essential guide gives you the therapeutic tools to work with clients who don’t know how to build a lasting love. Couples Connecting offers you practical techniques and case studies, as well the theoretical underpinnings to deal with this crisis of intimacy.

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: therapist, personhood
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2001-01-11
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0789011662
ISBN-13: 9780789011664

You don’t have to check your humanity at the office door!Drawing on the teachings of Virginia Satir, this humane volume is designed to help therapists bring their full selves into the therapeutic relationship. The Personhood of the Therapist examines what happens when a therapist consciously enters the process of healing in an I-Thou relationship with the client. The techniques outlined in this volume will help you develop a greater sense of openness about yourself and your feelings, enabling you to offer clients more effective services.The Personhood of the Therapist explores the myriad

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: couples, therapy, series, journal, perspective, partnering, feminine, equal
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1992-09-15
List price: $42.50
ISBN-10: 1560230177
ISBN-13: 9781560230175

As traditional roles of men and women continue to change, equality in a relationship is a major trouble spot for many couples. Equal Partnering is designed to help couples, married or not, understand how to achieve a balanced, equal partnership. Editor Barbara Jo Brothers presents the advice of experienced counselors and therapists.Through their feminine perspective, these professionals provide several models for improving the equality between man and woman. Each model is distinctly different and focuses on a unique approach to promoting equality in the relationship. All the models emphasize t

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: couples, journal, therapy, vol, simultaneously, published, tao, congruence, monograph
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1997-04-01
List price: $77.95
ISBN-10: 0789000180
ISBN-13: 9780789000187

In this fascinating book, Editor Barbara Jo Brothers names, or articulates, a philosophy that has long had tremendous impact on the way many therapists approach facilitating communication between individuals. She calls it the “tao of congruence,” and she refers to the life work and philosophy of Virginia Satir. In Couples and the Tao of Congruence, family therapists, psychotherapists, and counselors present thought-provoking, reflective chapters that attempt to elucidate the tenets of Satir’s epistemological system and its connections to the philosophy of Lao Tsu in Tao Te Ching. You wil

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: catastrophes, trauma, couples
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1998-10-01
List price: $52.50
ISBN-10: 0789005328
ISBN-13: 9780789005328

Couples, Trauma, and Catastrophes examines the issues and hardships couples face when dealing with traumatic circumstances, such as illness, child abduction, or the death of a child. From case studies and recommendations from other therapists, you will learn how to better help clients identify sources of pain and strength and help their relationships or marriages endure crises.In order to cope with the emotional stress of a tragic event, an individual needs support that is, many times, offered by a significant other. In this book, you will learn of models and suggestions that help couples comm

Author: Barbara Jo Brothers
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: trauma, begets, men, abuse
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 2001-07-09
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0789013797
ISBN-13: 9780789013798

When men are abused, everybody suffers. This courageous book exposes a dark secret: Men are often victims of abuse. Although a great deal of attention has recently been paid to the victimization of women, the role of men as victims--not just perpetrators--has been neglected. The Abuse of Men reveals the impact of physical, sexual, and emotional trauma on the lives and relationships of men. This groundbreaking book shows how the negative effects of both basic training and combat may also cause lasting damage to men’s self-esteem, ability to trust, personal boundaries, and ability to form