Psychology - Psychotherapy - Couples & Family

Build more compassionate, accepting, and loving relationships with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Let's face it: Picture-perfect storybook romances don't exist in real life. Couples fight. Feelings of love wax and wane through the years. And the stress and tedium of everyday life and...

A New York Times bestseller--with more than one million copies sold!If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional...

"Full of juicy, concrete advice to heal from an affair." --Esther Perel, MA, LMFT, New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity and The State of AffairsFrom a clinical psychologist who served as a clinical supervisor in the Department of Psychology at Yale...

Understand your attachment style to transform your relationships Attachment Theory For Dummies explains, in simple terms, the groundbreaking theory of how our early relationships shape the way we connect with others. You'll learn about the four core attachment styles--secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganized--and you'll...

Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice--Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection. The primary developer of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples, Johnson now...

Build powerful current and future relationships by understanding your past In order to improve closeness and intimacy in all relationships, it is important to first understand the clear parallels between adult behavior and childhood experiences. Attachment Theory combines traditional teachings with knowledge of subconscious...

Accepting each other's differences is important for all couples--especially when one partner is Autistic and the other is not. Psychologist Cindy N. Ariel has spent decades counseling neurodiverse couples. In this compassionate book, she offers vital insights and strategies to help your relationship thrive....

This book brings together a collection of diverse contributors to discuss bisexual erasure and biphobia, and how this intersects with racism, sexism, ableism, and transphobia.Author: Lisa SpeidelPublisher: RoutledgePublished: 03/31/2025Pages: 367Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781032151298About the AuthorLisa Speidel, Ph.D., is...

A witty, compelling guide to raising open-minded and morally grounded kids in these crazy times, with an approach that's rooted in science, psychology, and faith "Groundbreaking, profound, frank and friendly."--Wendy Mogel, PhD, author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee NAMED ONE OF THE...

Narcissistic abuse rarely looks like abuse at first.It often begins with charm, attention, and what feels like a deep emotional connection. But over time, the mask falls off. What once felt loving, genuine, and like everything you'd hoped for turns into subtle yet deliberate...

Third edition of this classic on family therapy. The introduction calls it a conceptual frame around which to organize your data and your impressions . . . a suggested path.Author: Virginia SatirPublisher: Science and Behavior BooksPublished: 01/01/1983Pages: 289Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w...

Many pastors feel ill-equipped to handle the challenges that arise when a couple is going through marital difficulties.If you are or have been in this situation before, this book shows church leaders how to counsel married couples from both a logical and biblical perspective.Author...

The sixth edition of the best-selling Counseling Children and Adolescents offers readers a comprehensive exploration of the practice of counseling young clients. The book introduces several theories that have proven effective with young clients, then couples that information with developmentally and culturally appropriate interventions...

The Couples Therapy Workbook is a series of guided questions to promote meaningful couple conversations and build ongoing, connected communication. The core of this unique guide is 30 guided conversations of the most critical relationship struggles. For each of the 30 topics, there is...

Leading marriage expert Dr. Stefanie Carnes explains her time-tested strategy to help couples conquer fear and restore their trust, intimacy and connection following a betrayal. There is nothing that can rupture the loving connection between a couple like betrayal. Courageous Love provides a step-by-step...

Using the vivid, poignant and personal stories of the members of a website support group she founded (www.depressionfallout.com), Anne Sheffield, the author of two highly acclaimed books on depression, provides an honest record of what happens to a love relationship once depression enters the...

Author: Mark WolynnPublisher: Gaia EdicionesPublished: 09/23/2025Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.70dISBN: 9788484456810Language: SpanishAbout the AuthorEs fundador y director del Family Constellation Institute (Instituto de Constelaciones Familiares). Ha impartido clases en la Universidad de Pittsburgh, en el Western Psychiatric Institute, en...

"If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you're in therapy or think that there's no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful."--New York Times Book...

Widely used by family therapists-- and by health care professionals in general--the genogram is a graphic way of organizing the mass of information gathered during a family assessment. This visual representation allows the practitioner to find patterns in the family system for more targeted...

"An old soul" ... "a delight to have in class" ... "so mature for your age" If you grew up as a Good Kid, you probably heard these words a lot. And you were good. Quiet. Easy. Responsible. So disciplined, you basically raised yourself....