Couple Counselling Av Martin Payne

This practical book outlines the essential principles and practices of couple counselling. Demystifying this form of therapy, the author provides a step-by-step guide from the first meeting through to subsequent sessions. The book includes a wealth of supporting features including case examples, student exercises, points for reflection and memory-jog pages to use in practice. As well as chapters illustrating counselling for problems frequently experienced by couples, such as sexual difficulties, infidelity, violence and abuse, key content includes:</p><p></p><p>- cultural differences in couples work</p><p>- varieties of committed relationships</p><p>- responses to specific difficulties</p><p>- ethical issues that arise as a result of working with two people</p><p>- gender differences in relation to the counsellor''s own sexuality and/or gender </p><p>- the value of training courses and supervision</p><p>- persons'' narratives as a basis for change.</p><p></p><p>This book comprises a so