ABSTRACT

The Needs ABC Therapeutic Model for Couples and Families: A Guide for Practitioners shows readers how to successfully tailor a therapeutic approach to meet the needs of couples and families. Beginning clinicians will come away from this book with concrete, practical skills and expanded theoretical base for their practice. They will be able to apply their new knowledge directly and in ways that will help them create long-lasting change in clients who present with difficult behaviors. The book explains the concepts and theories behind the Needs ABC approach and provides tangible methods with which to  integrate aspects of the Needs ABC approach into the therapists' own therapeutic techniques. Practitioners will find that the Needs ABC model is an invaluable complement to cognitive-behavioral, integrative, and other therapeutic models, as well as a general guide to couples and family therapy.

chapter 1|30 pages

INTRODUCING THE NEEDS ABC MODEL

chapter 2|44 pages

COUPLES THERAPY

chapter 6|12 pages

UNCONSCIOUS FACTORS AND RELATIONAL

chapter 7|22 pages

POWER AND CONTROL IN COUPLES THERAPY

chapter 8|26 pages

LIFE STAGES AND COUPLES

chapter 9|10 pages

ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES

chapter 10|6 pages

AFTER TREATMENT

chapter 11|10 pages

CONCLUSION