Marriage Counseling A Christian Approach to Counseling Couples

Name: Marriage Counseling A Christian Approach to Counseling Couples
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ISBN: 9780830817696

ISBN-10: 0830817697

ISBN-13: 9780830817696

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Everett L. Worthington

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Marriages are in trouble today. That is clear. Effective mothods of combating this trend are less evident. Counselors, pastors and social workers need more than mere theories or mere moralizing. They need a practical and comprehensive model for understanding couples and their problems. They need a throughly Christian perspective that is biblical, compassionate and human.Everett Worthington provides this in an integrated, biblically based theory of marriage and marriage therapy with analysis at three levels: the individual, the couple and the family. The model he has constructed, with techniques drawn from the major psychological schools, is standard enough to guide counselors in actual…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 1/11/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Need for Marriage Counseling by and for Christians



Understanding Marriage



Individuals and Their Coupling



Principles of Marriage within the Family



The Marriage throughout the Family Life Cycle



Early Phase of Counseling Troubled Marriages



Overview of Counseling: Assessment, Invtervention and Termination



Joining the Marriage



Assessing the Marriage



Setting Goals



Conducting Assessment and Feedback Sessions



Changing Troubled Marriages



Promoting Change Through Counseling



Changing Intimacy



Changing Communication



Changing Conflict



Changing Hurt, Blame and Sin



Promoting Commitment



Consolitdating Changes



Termination



Commitment of the Counselor


Appendix: Current Theories of Marriage Counseling


Notes


Subject Index


Author Index