American family therapists Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson describe an evolutionary approach to the diagnosis and psychotherapy of married couples.
American family therapists Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson describe an evolutionary approach to the diagnosis and psychotherapy of married couples. “The theory that we have developed,” they say, “allows us to achieve more in the time allotted to us.” Psychotherapists proceed from the fact that the dynamics of the development of relationships in a couple goes through the same stages as the development of a small child (symbiosis, differentiation, learning, establishing relationships, interdependence), and each has its own goals, each next is more difficult than the previous one, and conflicts arise when, when partners are at different stages or cannot move to a higher one. The book details the stories of real couples and shows how the evolutionary approach helps spouses maintain or build relationships.
MPSI, 302 p.