Couple Therapy: An Information Guide

Couple Therapy: An Information Guide

At one time or another, every couple has difficulties with their relationship. Problems in a relationship have many causes. Some problems originate outside the relationship, such as job loss, illness or conflict in the family. Others stem from personality factors within the partners. Still other difficulties may be related to natural stages in the growth of the relationship. More...

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Factors that influence a couple's relationship
2. What is couple therapy?
3. Do we need therapy?
4. Common concerns about therapy
5. Finding a therapist
6. Some practical questions
7. About separation

Appendix

Suggested readings

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the couples who were treated at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, now a division of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, for their questions, suggestions and comments on the original edition of this guide. Also my thanks are extended to the many Centre staff who were instrumental in producing the publication.

I would like to thank Pamela Blake, MSW, and Barbara Edwards-Evans, MSW, my co-authors on the first edition of this guide, and Pamela particularly for her contribution to the current edition.

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