"Drs. Jon Carlson and Don Dinkmeyer, Sr. (deceased) first developed this systematic, practical model for building marriage skills in the early 1980s. Now Jon Carlson has brought this classic book up to date, and readers will once again have access to these invaluable tools to help make their marriages rewarding, effective, and satisfying. TIME FOR A BETTER MARRIAGE shows couples how to encourage each other, resolve conflict, communicate ..."
"Although diagnosis and treatment of ADHD have historically focused on children, more recently, clinicians and researchers have explored the impact of ADHD on adults. Even so, few have focused on the effects of adult ADHD on relationships and marriages. The Distracted Couple clearly identifies the issues and concerns of adult ADHD that impact marriages and relationships, and provides a number of interventions, strategies, and treatments ..."
"A wife pretends to hang herself in the basement so she can time how long it will be before her husband comes to rescue her. . . .a woman whose dead aunt was made into a mummy so the family could better grieve her passing and on occasion dine with her at family gatherings . . . a man wants his nose cut off to escape an annoying smell that haunts him . . . a teenage boy would only come to therapy if he could bring his pet snake The ..."
"This is a book written for practicing therapists, scholars, clergy, students, and those with a general interest in non-traditional healing and helping practices. It tells the story of Bradford Keeney, the first non-African to be inducted as a shaman in both the Kung Bushman and Zulu cultures. It offers lessons on the essence of making a difference in others' lives, not through the familiar, well-worn paths of traditional psychotherapy b ..."
Their Finest Hour(Reprint) Master Therapists Share Their Greatest Success Stories by Jeffrey A. Kottler, JonCarlson Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2008 by Crown House Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-84590-088-5, ISBN: 1-84590-088-X
"In "Their Finest Hour", therapists, on the cutting edge of their profession, detail their most professionally rewarding cases and share what they learnt from them. These outstanding therapists define achievement in their field, describe how therapy really works and speak frankly about how their cases shaped their ideas. Each interview was recorded and then transcribed and written into narrative prose, including recreated dialogue that w ..."
"This text is part of a unique learning system--consisting of a text, a video, and a student workbook--designed to develop and enhance the core skills and strategies necessary to become an effective therapist. Becoming an Effective Therapist describes and illustrates the skills and strategies that experienced, effective therapists use in everyday therapeutic encounters with individuals, couples, and families. While some background inform ..."
"Learn from master therapists and bring your skills to the next level Bringing a breath of fresh air to the therapy profession, this compelling and thoughtful resource urges readers to move from competency to full mastery in the mental health field. Combining the findings of hundreds of previous studies, interviews with a wide range of master therapists, own unique experiences and perspectives, Jeffery A. Kottler and Jon Carlson have de ..."
Couples Therapy(2nd Edition) Integrating Theory and Technique by Len Sperry, JonCarlson, Paul R. Peluso Paperback, 437 Pages, Published 2006 by Love Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-89108-315-3, ISBN: 0-89108-315-4
"This new edition is comprehensive, clinically relevant, and thoroughly up-to-date. Since the publication of the first edition fourteen years ago, couples therapy - driven, in part, by managed care's requirements for accountability - has become increasingly integrative and research-based. This recognition is reflected in a number of new and powerful approaches and methods that are significantly impacting clinical practice and treatment r ..."
"Family Therapy Techniques briefly reviews the basic theories of marriage and family therapy. It then goes into treatment models designed to facilitate the tailoring of therapy to specific populations and the integration of techniques from what often seems like disparate theories. Based on the assumption that no single approach is the definitive approach for every situation, the book leads students through ..."
"Grounded in Adlerian Psychology, Consultation: Creating School-Based Interventions (second edition) presents a theory of consultation based on an assumption that problems result not only from the direct actions of a disruptive student, but also from the individual beliefs and expectations of the teacher or parent. Frequently, the student who is identified as undisciplined or disruptive does not fully realize the effect of his or her act ..."
"Theories and Strategies of Family Therapy complements and expands upon the "Family Therapy with the Experts" video series produced by the same authors. Twelve major theories of family therapy are presented. Most are written by the experts who appear in Allyn & Bacon's Family Therapy with the Experts video series. Each chapter begins with a brief description of the theory and what makes it significant. The authors then delineate the clin ..."
Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships(1st Edition) A Clinician's Guide (Routledge Series on Family Therapy and Counseling) by JonCarlson, Len Sperry Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2010 by Routledge Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-415-99253-4, ISBN: 0-415-99253-2
"The loss of intimacy is one of the most difficult but also one of the most common factors in the destruction of any relationship. Recovering Intimacy in Love Relationships lays out practical, evidence-based guidelines on which clinicians can depend as they wade through the intense emotions and fragile bonds of couples in crisis. With care and sensitivity, the book's authors analyze the increasingly complex context in which the cycle of ..."
Therapy Over 50(1st Edition) Aging Issues in Psychotherapy and the Therapist's Life by Jeffrey A. Kottler, JonCarlson Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-020568-3, ISBN: 0-19-020568-7
"Traditional training in counseling and psychotherapy makes minimal distinctions on the ages of the client and therapist in the treatment process. Therapy Over 50: Aging Issues in Psychotherapy and the Therapist's Life highlights how therapy is frequently a very different process for the older client and therapist. Specifically, this book explores: a) how therapists over 50 (or approaching that life transition) experience, struggle, and ..."
"The Disordered Couple, Second Edition, focuses on couples with psychiatric disorders and/or relational disorders that significantly impact their relationship, mental health, and well-being. It is the first and only book to provide mental health professionals and trainees with cutting-edge, culturally sensitive, and evidence-based clinical strategies for working effectively with disordered couples. While maintaining its focus on disord ..."
""Adlerian Therapy: Theory and Practice" introduces the reader to Alfred Adler's seminal approach to psychotherapy. Starting from the principle that human behavior is goal oriented and socially embedded, Adlerian therapy is a brief psychoeducational approach that emphasizes understanding individuals' characteristic ways of moving through life - the life style - before working toward change. The authors demonstrate the relevance of Adleri ..."
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"Ironically, some of the longest books on brief therapy do little more than
ponderously review theories of doing therapy briefly, while the very short books
say little more than that brief therapy has great promise and applicability. Few
books offer much information or guidance about actually doing brief therapy,
actually applying its strategies in day-to-day clinical practice with adults. This is
not to say that no clinically usefu ..."
The Disordered Couple(1st Edition) by JonCarlson, Len Sperry Hardcover, 366 Pages, Published 1997 by Routledge Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-87630-815-8, ISBN: 0-87630-815-9
"Experienced researchers and clinicians from a wide variety of theoretical background have come together to give a comprehensive analysis of couples diagnosed with major psychopathology, personality disorders, and social challenges. Bipolar disorder, panic disorder, psychosis, sexual disfunction, physical illness, narcissisistic/borderline diagnoses --these are among the common problems addressed in this text as the contributors tackle t ..."
On the Walk Trail Iron Horse Trail by JonCarlson Paperback, 34 Pages, Published 2020 by Advanced Publishing Llc ISBN-13: 978-1-63132-115-3, ISBN: 1-63132-115-3
"Join Kaya and Grammy as they feed the baby goats and horses, pick berries, and learn about iron horses while walking along the trail. Iron Horse Trail is part of the On the Walk Trail series by Jon Carlson."
How Master Therapists Work(1st Edition) Effecting Change from the First through the Last Session and Beyond by Len Sperry, JonCarlson Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2013 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-81047-0, ISBN: 0-415-81047-7
"How Master Therapists Work engages the reader in experiencing what really happens in therapy with master therapists: who they are, what they do, and how they bring about significant change in clients. It examines one master therapist’s actual six-session therapy (also available on DVD) that transformed a client’s life, resulting in changes that have been sustained for more than seven years. Session transcriptions directly involve the re ..."