Skip to content

In Quest of the Mythical Mate A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples Therapy

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0876305168

ISBN-13: 9780876305164

Edition: 1988

Authors: Ellyn Bader, Peter Pearson, Zeig

List price: $72.95
Shipping box This item qualifies for FREE shipping.
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This highly innovative volume on the treatment of couples in therapy presents a clear and exciting conceptual framework for understanding the evolution of the couple's relationship as a dynamic unit. At its most intense, the notion of "romantic love" evokes feelings and associations so profound that they transcend time, culture, and even rational thought. Under the pressure of a long-term, intimate relationship, however, the "mythical mate" who was once the source of romantic love often becomes one's worst enemy. How does this metamorphosis affect therapeutic techniques created to help couples evolve through this critical point? Using as their springboard the model of infant development…    
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $72.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/1/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 286
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.29" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Peter Pearson is a historian, campaigner, conservationist, and artist.