Main description:

Fully updated and revised, this book contains treatment plan components for forty behaviorally based presenting problems including jealousy, midlife crisis, parenting conflicts, and sexual dysfunction. Featuring new Evidence-Based Practice Interventions required by many public funding sources and private insurers, this guide is designed for complementary use with The Couples Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner. The Second Edition of this step-by-step guide saves marriage and clinical therapists hours of painstaking paperwork, while providing optimum latitude in developing customized treatment plans for working with families.

Contents:

PracticePlanners(r) Series Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Sample Treatment Plan 10 Alcohol Abuse 14 Anger 23 Anxiety 33 Blame 43 Blended Family Problems 49 Communication 56 Dependency 65 Depression Due to Relationship Problems 72 Depression Independent of Relationship Problems 79 Disillusionment with Relationship 86 Eating Disorders 93 Financial Conflict 99 Infidelity 105 Internet Sexual Use 115 Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)--Intimate Terrorism 123 Intimate Partner Violence--Situational (Bi-Directional) Couple Violence 133 Intolerance 141 Jealousy 151 Job Stress 161 Life-Changing Events 167 Loss of Love/Affection 173 Midlife Transition Problems 180 Only One Partner Willing to Attend Therapy 188 Parenting Conflicts--Adolescents 197 Parenting Conflicts--Children 207 Personality Differences 216 Psychological Abuse 220 Recreational Activities Dispute 227 Religious/Spirituality Differences 233 Retirement 241 Separation and Divorce 250 Sexual Abuse 260 Sexual Dysfunction 267 Transition to Parenthood Strains 274 Work/Home Role Strain 283 Appendix A: Bibliotherapy Suggestions 293 Appendix B: Professional References for Evidence-Based Chapters 303 Appendix C: Index of DSM-IV-TR(t); Codes Associated with Presenting Problems 325 Appendix D: Situational Analysis Form 331