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| Relationship Triangles: Evolution of the Concept | p. 1 |
| A Historical Perspective | p. 3 |
| The Relevance of Triangles in Clinical Context | p. 20 |
| Three Types of Triangles | p. 22 |
| The Clinical Centrality of Triangles | p. 29 |
| Addressing Triangles in Therapy | p. 37 |
| Self-Focus | p. 42 |
| What a Triangle is Not | p. 46 |
| The Structure of Relationship Triangles | ... MOREp. 51 |
| How to See a Triangle | p. 51 |
| Dissecting a Triangle's Structure | p. 58 |
| Emotional Process within Triangular Structure | p. 75 |
| Seeing Relationship Process | p. 75 |
| Process Questions | p. 81 |
| Emotional Process and Triangles | p. 85 |
| The Interaction of Structure, Process, and Function | p. 93 |
| The Relationship of Structure and Process | p. 93 |
| Mechanisms of Triangle Activation | p. 95 |
| Figuring Out Function | p. 98 |
| Introducing Triangles in Individual Therapy | p. 106 |
| Using Triangles in Individual Therapy | p. 109 |
| Placing Individuals' Symptoms in Context | p. 116 |
| Indications for Work with Triangles in Individual Therapy | p. 123 |
| Coaching and Direct Intervention with Triangles in Individual Therapy | p. 129 |
| Cases that Present with Relationship Problems | p. 130 |
| Cases with Developmental Problems | p. 132 |
| Cases of Refractory Anxiety or Depression | p. 140 |
| The Therapy Triangle | p. 145 |
| Extra familial Triangles in Marital Conflict | p. 149 |
| The Extramarital Affair Triangle | p. 151 |
| Social Network Triangles | p. 161 |
| Occupational Triangles | p. 166 |
| Marital Triangles within the Family | p. 169 |
| Primacy of Attachment and Hierarchy of Influence | p. 169 |
| Displacement of Conflict | p. 171 |
| In-Law Triangles | p. 172 |
| The Primary Parental Triangle of Each Spouse | p. 184 |
| Triangles with the Children | p. 187 |
| Child and Adolescent Triangles | p. 190 |
| School-Related Triangles | p. 190 |
| Social Network Triangles | p. 194 |
| Symptomatic Child Triangles | p. 198 |
| Symptomatic Child and Adolescent Triangles within the Family | p. 204 |
| The Target Child | p. 204 |
| The Parent and Sibling Triangle | p. 207 |
| The Sibling Subsystem Triangle | p. 209 |
| The Three-Generational Triangle | p. 213 |
| Stepfamily Triangles | p. 216 |
| Conclusion: Becoming a "Triangle Doctor" | p. 222 |
| The Pervasiveness of Triangles in Relationships and in Therapy | p. 222 |
| Methods of Management of Relationship Triangles | p. 223 |
| Summary and Conclusion | p. 234 |
| References | p. 237 |
| Index | p. 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.