Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.
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Why You Need This Book
Part I: A Theory of Change
1. Wanted: A Wise and Humble Counselor
2. A Sensible, Tested, and Effective Approach to Helping Couples
3. Make Therapy a Positive Growth Experience for Couples
4. Addressing the Couple?s Context
Part II: Beginning Counseling
5. Pre-counseling Interventions
6. The Intake
7. After the Intake
Part III: Case Studies in Treatment Planning
8. The Wounded but Hopeful Couple
9. The Cool Virtues Couple
10. The Enrichment Couple
11. The ‘Should We Marry?’ Couple
12. The Complicating Factor Couple
13. The Couple with a Psychological Disorder
14. The High Conflict Couple
15. The ‘Accept the Things I Cannot Change’ Couple
16. The Kitchen Sink Couple
Part IV: Interventions within the Sessions
17. Session Management in the Hope-focused Couples Approach to Counseling
18. HOPE Interventions (Handling Our Problems Effectively)
19. BOND with Me: Bind Our Nurturing Devotion
20. Addressing Hurts in Relationships
21. Forgiving and Reconciling through Experiencing Empathy (FREE)
22. Reconciliation and Rebuilding Trust with Couples
Part V: Conquering the Difficulties You?ll Face
23. Assessing Change throughout Treatment
24. Resistance and Roadblocks
25. Counselors? Negative Reactions to Couples
26. Working with Partners Who Have a Trauma History
27. Pornography Use and Internet Sexuality
Part VI: Concluding Treatment Using the Hope-Focused Couples Approach
28. Termination
29. Post-Counseling Check ups
30. It Works, But Is It True?