Marriage and relationship education : what works and how to provide it /
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| Author / Creator: | Halford, W. Kim. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Guilford Press, c2011. |
| Description: | xvii, 299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8306552 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. What Is Couple Relationship Education? Why Is It Needed?
- Why Provide Couple Relationship Education?
- The Challenge of Sustaining a Healthy Relationship
- An Ecological Model of the Influences on Couple Relationships
- Implications of Research on Couple Relationships for Education
- Conclusions
- Chapter 2. Approaches to Couple Relationship Education and Their Effectiveness
- Approaches to Couple Relationship Education
- The Effects of Relationship Education
- Implications of Effectiveness Research for Relationship Education
- Chapter 3. Assessment in an Evidence-Based Approach to Couple Relationship Education
- The Stepped Model of Relationship Education
- Goals of Assessment in Relationship Education
- RELATE Assessment
- Discussing Assessment Results with a Couple
- Chapter 4. Couple CARE: Program Overview and Tips for Implementation
- Couple CARE Program Content
- Modes of Delivering Couple CARE
- Learning Processes in Couple CARE
- How to Run Group Sessions of Couple CARE
- Chapter 5. Unit 1: Self-Change
- Beginning the First Group Session
- Relationship Expectations
- Self-Change
- Challenges in Developing Self-Change
- Chapter 6. Unit 2: Communication
- Review of Unit 1 and Self-Change Plan
- What Is Good Communication?
- Helping Couples Develop Better Communication
- Helping Couples Self-Assess Their Communication
- Emotional Bids
- Communication Self-Change Plan
- Finishing the Session
- Challenges in Helping Couples Develop Their Communication
- Chapter 7. Unit 3: Intimacy and Caring
- Reviewing Communication Self-Change
- Developing Mutual Partner Support
- Showing Caring
- Individual and Couple Activities
- Developing an Intimacy and Caring Self-Change Plan
- Challenges in Promoting Intimacy and Caring
- Chapter 8. Unit 4: Managing Differences
- Reviewing Intimacy and Caring Self-Change
- The Value and Current Patterns of Management of Differences
- Conflict Management Guidelines and Ground Rules
- Conflict Management Communication Skills
- Recovering after a Conflict
- Developing a Managing Differences Self-Change Plan
- Challenges in Helping Couples Manage Differences
- Chapter 9. Unit 5: Sexuality
- Reviewing the Conflict Management Self-Change Plan
- Helping Couples to Explore Sexual Issues
- Early Learning and Beliefs about Sexuality
- Talking about Sex
- Challenges in Enhancing Couple Sexuality
- Chapter 10. Unit 6: Looking Ahead
- Reviewing the Sexual Self-Change Plan
- Managing Life Changes
- Preventing Couple Relationship Problems
- Maintaining a Relationship Focus
- Some Final Comments
- References
- Index
