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Working with Relationship Triangles : The One-Two-Three of Psychotherapy

ISBN: 9781606239179 | 1606239171
Edition: 1st
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Pub. Date: 3/23/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This groundbreaking book provides clinicians with a hands-on guide to working with many different kinds of relationship triangles in therapy with families, couples, and individuals.

Virtually all significant relationships are shadowed by a third party another person, a competing distraction, or even a memory. This groundbreaking book provides clinicians with a hands-on guide to working with many different kinds of relationship triangles in therapy with families, couples, and individuals. The authors show why triang... MORE
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Relationship Triangles: Evolution of the Conceptp. 1
A Historical Perspectivep. 3
The Relevance of Triangles in Clinical Contextp. 20
Three Types of Trianglesp. 22
The Clinical Centrality of Trianglesp. 29
Addressing Triangles in Therapyp. 37
Self-Focusp. 42
What a Triangle is Notp. 46
The Structure of Relationship Trianglesp. 51
How to See a Trianglep. 51
Dissecting a Triangle's Structurep. 58
Emotional Process within Triangular Structurep. 75
Seeing Relationship Processp. 75
Process Questionsp. 81
Emotional Process and Trianglesp. 85
The Interaction of Structure, Process, and Functionp. 93
The Relationship of Structure and Processp. 93
Mechanisms of Triangle Activationp. 95
Figuring Out Functionp. 98
Introducing Triangles in Individual Therapyp. 106
Using Triangles in Individual Therapyp. 109
Placing Individuals' Symptoms in Contextp. 116
Indications for Work with Triangles in Individual Therapyp. 123
Coaching and Direct Intervention with Triangles in Individual Therapyp. 129
Cases that Present with Relationship Problemsp. 130
Cases with Developmental Problemsp. 132
Cases of Refractory Anxiety or Depressionp. 140
The Therapy Trianglep. 145
Extra familial Triangles in Marital Conflictp. 149
The Extramarital Affair Trianglep. 151
Social Network Trianglesp. 161
Occupational Trianglesp. 166
Marital Triangles within the Familyp. 169
Primacy of Attachment and Hierarchy of Influencep. 169
Displacement of Conflictp. 171
In-Law Trianglesp. 172
The Primary Parental Triangle of Each Spousep. 184
Triangles with the Childrenp. 187
Child and Adolescent Trianglesp. 190
School-Related Trianglesp. 190
Social Network Trianglesp. 194
Symptomatic Child Trianglesp. 198
Symptomatic Child and Adolescent Triangles within the Familyp. 204
The Target Childp. 204
The Parent and Sibling Trianglep. 207
The Sibling Subsystem Trianglep. 209
The Three-Generational Trianglep. 213
Stepfamily Trianglesp. 216
Conclusion: Becoming a "Triangle Doctor"p. 222
The Pervasiveness of Triangles in Relationships and in Therapyp. 222
Methods of Management of Relationship Trianglesp. 223
Summary and Conclusionp. 234
Referencesp. 237
Indexp. 239
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Philip J. Guerin, Jr., MD, the founding director of the Center for Family Learning in Rye Brook, New York, is the originator of the genogram and cognitive systems models of psychotherapy for families, couples, and individuals. A former faculty member at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Fordham University Graduate School of Psychology, and the University of South Alabama School of Medicine, he is the senior author of the highly regarded text The Evaluation and Treatment of Marital Conflict.   Thomas F. Fogarty, MD (deceased), a cofounder of the Center for Family Learning, served on the faculties of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Pastoral Counseling Institutes of St. John’s University and Iona College. Highly regarded as a creative teacher and clinician, Dr. Fogarty practiced his model of family systems in Westchester County, New York, for more than 40 years.   Leo F. Fay, PhD, a retired Associate Professor of Sociology at Fairfield University, now resides in Arizona and serves on the visiting faculty of the Center for Family Learning. He is a coauthor of The Evaluation and Treatment of Marital Conflict.   Judith Gilbert Kautto, ACSW, a faculty member and former Director of Postgraduate Education at the Center for Family Learning, maintains a full-time private practice in Westchester County, New York, and is a coauthor of The Evaluation and Treatment of Marital Conflict.



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