03500nam a2200553Ia 4500 ocn850912369 OCoLC 20200709055823.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130626s2005 ilua ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 0830815481 9780830815487 0830827641 9780830827640 9780830871988 (electronic bk.) 0830871985 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)850912369 577703 (N$T) BV4012.27 .W668 2005 REL 012000 bisacsh REL 109010 bisacsh REL 050000 bisacsh 259/.14 22 N$TA Worthington, Everett L., 1946- Hope-focused marriage counseling [electronic resource] : a guide to brief therapy / Everett L. Worthington, Jr. Expanded pbk. ed. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2005. 1 online resource (xli, 311 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-303) and indexes. Brief marital counseling -- Bird's eye view of hope-focused marriage counseling -- Using the strategy to promote hope -- Applying the strategy to eight areas of marriage -- Precounseling interventions -- Assessment interventions -- Interventions for drawing on central values -- Interventions for revisioning a core vision -- Interventions for promoting confession & forgiveness -- Interventions for strengthening communication -- Interventions for aiding conflict resolution -- Interventions for changing cognition -- Interventions for stimulating more closeness -- Interventions for cementing commitment -- Interventions for promoting couple commencement from counseling -- Essentials of hope-focused marriage counseling -- Appendix: Hope-focused marriage counseling with a young professional couple: a case study (Terry L. Hight). "Everett Worthington offers a comprehensive manual for assisting couples over common rough spots and through serious problems in a manner that is compassionate, effective and brief. His hope-focused (rather than problem-focused) approach enables couples to see that change is possible and gives them a new outlook on the future. Combining this with a brief approach that addresses the realities of managed care and tight budgets, Worthington shows how to be strategic in each counseling situation by including teaching, training, exercises, forgiveness, modeling and motivation"--BOOK JACKET. Description based on print version record. Marriage counseling. Pastoral counseling. Marriage Religious aspects Christianity. Solution-focused brief therapy. RELIGION / Christian Life / General bisacsh RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Adult bisacsh RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Counseling & Recovery bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Worthington, Everett L., 1946- Hope-focused marriage counseling. Expanded pbk. ed. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2005 0830815481 (DLC) 2005052145 (OCoLC)61361639 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=577703 EBSCOhost EBSC 577703 cpp1794 02 N$T 53120 53120