ANZJFT Volume 19 Number 4
December 1998Contents
| Editorial - From the Ashes to the Ballroom | Bruce Chenoweth |
| Conference Report: The Dartington Event 6, Devon, England | Glenn Larner |
| Couples Therapy: Unravelling the Strands | Jim Crawley |
| 'Why Were You Drawn to Each Other?' | Anastasia Contos |
| Blue Suede Shoes: The Therapist's Presence | Michelle Webster |
| Counselling a Couple with a Gambling Problem | Ray Hawkes |
| Emotion and Therapy: Connecting with Leslie Greenberg | Michelle Webster |
| 'Yes, but ... ': When Separation Creates an Identity Vacuum | Nancy Cogan |
| 'Yes and ...' : A Narrative Response | Susan Nicholson |
| 'Yes and ...' : An Object Relations Response | Julie Rohan, Poppy Harris and Ingeborg Stiefel |
| Outcome and Process Research | Simon Kennedy |
| Accreditation and Family Therapy | |
| Reviews | |
| Annual Index |
Abstracts & Sample Articles
Editorial - From the Ashes to the Ballroom
by Bruce ChenowethView article. [PDF format - 90KB]
Conference Report: The Dartington Event 6, Devon, England
by Glenn LarnerView article. [PDF format - 90KB]
Couples Therapy: Unravelling the Strands
by Jim CrawleyView article.
Work with couples is one of the more widely practised forms of counselling or psychotherapy, yet seems to have found it difficult to establish its own identity and theoretical base. A theoretical tradition specific to work with the couple relationship has, however, developed over the past 40 years. Recently, this tradition has become more clearly demarcated and has begun to show signs of vigorous growth. It is important for therapists whose primary identification is with individual or family therapy, but who work with couples, to be familiar with this theoretical tradition, and with its practice implications. This paper selects six aspects of theory relating to couples therapy that the author has found useful in practice, and seeks to show how, separately and together, they can illuminate the nature and dynamics of the couple relationship.
'Why Were You Drawn to Each Other?'
by Anastasia ContosView article. [PDF format - 172KB]
Some themes in couple therapy are explored by introducing a case study of a couple in distress. The question, 'Why were you drawn to each other?' helps to unravel the relationship story, its dynamics and difficulties. Attachment theory as developed by John Bowlby is propounded as a useful model in understanding couple relationships. The importance of exploring family-of-origin attachments is reiterated, as well as helping each spouse to change in themselves rather than to blame their partner for their difficulties, with the ultimate aim being the enhancement of the relationship.
Blue Suede Shoes: The Therapist's Presence
by Michelle WebsterView article. [PDF format - 185KB]
Therapy that prioritises feelings focuses on the development and maintenance of emotional relationships. I want to reflect on how the therapist's emotional involvement is developed and maintained in therapy that focuses on feelings.
Counselling a Couple with a Gambling Problem
by Ray HawkesView article. [PDF format - 189KB]
This paper discusses work with a couple where a gambling addiction was present. General principles of change are discussed, and the stages of treatment outlined.
Emotion and Therapy: Connecting with Leslie Greenberg
by Michelle WebsterView article. [PDF format - 389KB]
At the invitation of the Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Leslie Greenberg gave seminars during 1997 on emotion in clinical practice and on current research endeavours. Currently, he is Professor, Department of Psychology, and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Centre, York University, Toronto, where he trained in psychology before going to the University of British Columbia for twelve years. His mentors were Laura Rice, one of Carl Rogers' students, who introduced him to psychotherapy, and Pascual Leone, one of Piaget's students in developmental psychology. He learned to integrate a type of client-centered/process-oriented approach with a Piagetian approach to psychotherapy research. He has had further training in Gestalt therapy and family therapy, and exposure to dynamic and cognitive therapy within the Society of Psychotherapy Research. Leslie Greenberg was a founding member of the Society for Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI) and the Society for Constructivism in Psychotherapy. He is the co-author of
"Emotion in Psychotherapy" (1987), "Emotion, Psychotherapy and Change" (1991), "Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples" (1988), "Facilitating Emotional Change" (1993) and most recently,
"Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy" (1997).
'Yes, but ... ': When Separation Creates an Identity Vacuum
by Nancy CoganView article. [PDF format - 199KB]
This paper explores the ethical and therapeutic dilemmas of working with clients who come in session after session with an intense need to rehearse and re-rehearse their own view, following a separation. This is a particularly difficult client group with which to work. Individuals may be suicidal, want help, and yet are much more aware of their own words than anyone else's. Four such clients are discussed. I will speculate why three out of four are male, look at the ethics of continuing to work with them, suggest possible strategies, and raise implications for therapist training. The 'Yes, but ...' is both the clients' and mine.
'Yes and ...' : A Narrative Response
by Susan NicholsonView article. [PDF format - 199KB]
'Yes and ...' : An Object Relations Response
by Julie Rohan, Poppy Harris and Ingeborg StiefelView article. [PDF format - 199KB]
Outcome and Process Research
by Simon KennedyView article. [PDF format - 101KB]
Reviews
View article. [PDF format - 173KB]Annual Index
View article. [PDF format - 116KB]