The Brief Couples Therapy Homework Planner (Practiceplanners?, Band 15) - Softcover

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GARY M. SCHULTHEIS is a licensed clinical social worker and counselor. He maintains a private practice in Evansville, Indiana. BILL O'HANLON has authored or coauthored seventeen books and teaches psychotherapy workshops internationally. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. STEFFANIE O'HANLON is a licensed clinical social worker and writer. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Help couples quickly develop the psychological skills they need to maintain healthier relationships

As a couples therapist, you work to help your clients learn to understand and clearly communicate their feelings, identify how and when problems arise, and develop effective coping strategies. In today's managed care environment, rapid results are everything, and many psychotherapists are finding that pencil-and-paper homework exercises provide one highly effective tool for achieving those goals.

The Brief Couples Therapy Homework Planner arms you with dozens of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to fit virtually every therapeutic mode. This valuable, time-saving tool features:

• More than 60 copier-ready exercises covering all major presenting symptoms affecting relationships
• Quick-reference format—exercises are grouped by skill set, such as improving communications, handling parenting problems, and resolving sexual issues
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises cross-referenced to The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner—so you can quickly identify the right exercise for a given situation or behavioral problem
• Includes a computer disk which contains all the exercises in a Windows-based word processing format—allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs

The Brief Couples Therapy Homework Planner is an indispensable tool of the trade for all mental health professionals who work with couples.

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