<P>First published in 1996, this enlightening book about facilitating therapeutic change within the couple relationship opens with a transcript of one of a series of lectures by Virginia Satir. It presents readers with Satir's observations - observations that show the difference between thinking with systems in mind and thinking linearly - of process, interrelatedness and attitudes. Readers will find these and the observations of contributors that follow full of practical application potential. </P>
<P>In this title the editor brings together contributors who show how to affect change in couples by explaining dynamics of the male/female relationship and by expanding upon the roles of the therapist. Specifically, contributors give readers information about:</P>
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<LI>Male/female relationships over a 30, 000-year history and how history may have affected present day relationships between men and women</LI>
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<LI>Therapists as merely resource providers who facilitate self-discovery and self-solutions</LI>
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<LI>The necessity of marital therapy in maintaining stability and change from both systemic-interpersonal and intrapersonal perspectives</LI>
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<LI>Psychodynamic, affective and insight-oriented, marital therapy</LI>
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<LI>The consultative conversation model and its relationship to the change process in couples therapy</LI>
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<LI>Fostering change of psychological (emotional and verbal) abuse</LI>
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<LI>Why women leave abusive relationships</LI>
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<LI>The use of a specific physical posture for assessing a couple's interactive style</LI>
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<P>Therapists who work with couples will keep <I>Couples and Change</I> within reach and refer to it often as they help couples develop more healthy, satisfying relationships.</P>