Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples, livre ebook

“Couples play out symbolic themes that can come to dominate their lives together, such as ‘I will be abandoned’ or ‘my partner should meet all my needs.’ In this interesting combination of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and schema-focused couples work, the authors describe how to detect these themes and the pain they produce, and to change the avoidant coping strategies that rapidly turn these themes in disrupted relationships. ACT and cognitive behavioral therapists alike will feel at home inside this model, scaling their existing skills into effective couples work. A conceptual and pragmatic step forward. Highly recommended.” — Steven C. Hayes, PhD , codeveloper of ACT “There are no two authors in this world better equipped to marry the disciplines of ACT and schema process work than Lev and McKay. The way in which they bring their expertise to the specific challenges facing couples is nothing short of superb. When we get right down to it, couples work is difficult, and our technologies often fail us. This book is the state of the art in contextual behavioral approaches to couples therapy, and it should be on every therapist’s bookshelf, regardless of their theoretical stance.