If Only I Had Known...: Avoiding Common Mistakes in Couples Therapy / Edition 1

by Susanne Methven, Mark Odell, Gerald R. Weeks Ph.D.

Overview

Creating tactics for getting it right the first time.

The co-authors draw on over thirty years of experience to show young therapists how and how not to conduct psychotherapy. Each chapter begins with a vignette illustrating a common mistake, then describes the error in detail, explains why therapists make the mistake and offers tactics for avoiding it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393704457
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Susanne Methven lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mark Odell lives in Kalispell, Montana.

Gerald R. Weeks, Ph. D., ABPP, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Counseling at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. Weeks is an Approved Supervisor and a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, as well as certified by the American Board of Sexology. He has currently completed his 16th professional textbook having published in the fields of sex, marital, and family therapy. He is coauthor of Erectile Dysfunction (Norton) and Hypoactive Sexual Desire (Norton).

Editorial Reviews

"Good handbook for psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, as well as psychiatry residents and psychiatric nurse practitioners."

Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education - Amy Ellwood

"An interesting, reasonably priced, and valuable text for therapists who deal with couples in clinical practice…Surprisingly sophisticated yet readable."

PsycCritiques - Jerrold Lee Shapiro

"This book is one that every young therapist should read…authors have crisply...addressed common problems that all therapists will see…"

The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter - John D. Lentz