Unmet Expectations in Couple and Sex Therapy

Helping Couples Negotiate Realistic Relationships
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-41730-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 437 g

Stephen J. Betchen illuminates unmet expectations as one of the leading causes of relationship problems, offering an integrative, systemic, and conflict-oriented treatment model that will help both therapists and couples develop happier and more realistic relationships.

This clinical guide helps therapists provide couples with the ability to recognize the origin of their expectations and when their expectations might be realistically or unrealistically too high or low. It defines and demonstrates the complexity of what met or unmet expectations are, identifying common symptoms as anger, incessant bickering, anxiety, disappointment, disillusionment, and sadness. Chapters outline how to determine the origin and impact of unmet expectations before discussing how and why we choose our partners that do or do not meet our needs. Addressing sociocultural factors in depth, Betchen provides tools to assess and treat both sexual and non-sexual symptoms and includes a chapter on how to manage the issue of when a therapist doesn’t meet the expectations of their clients.

The book is invaluable for therapists who work with couples as well as trainees and supervisors in couple, family, and sex therapy graduate and post-graduate programs.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Betchen, Stephen J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments Preface Section I Understanding the Expectations of Couples 1. Introduction: Complexity and Conflict 2. The Origin of Expectations 3. Mate Choice and Expectations 4. Sociocultural Influence Section II Clinical Assessment of Expectations 5. Assessing Couples with Unmet Expectations Section III Clinical Treatment 6. Treating Couples with Unmet Expectations 7. The Therapist’s Expectations Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen J. Betchen, DSW, LMFT, is an AAMFT-approved supervisor and AASECT certified supervisor. He currently maintains a full-time private practice in New Jersey specializing in couples and sex therapy.