Couples Therapy: A Nontraditional Approach

Couples Therapy: A Nontraditional Approach by Wile, Daniel B.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780471589891.

Presents an innovative approach to couples therapy based upon a nonadversary therapeutic model that encourages partners to incorporate their conflicts and fantasies into their relationship. Sets forth a critique of the psychoanalytic, behavioral, and systems approaches and describes techniques for patient-therapist collaboration and supportive therapeutic intervention on behalf of each partner, Includes strategies for handling angry partners, withdrawn partners, polarized partners, and patients who reject the therapists interpretations.