Contributed by Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson
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How to Overcome Your Fear of Couples Therapy
What's at Stake When We Only Treat One Partner
Many clients avoid couples therapy, and many clinicians themselves prefer not getting involved in it. Sometimes clients fear the unpleasant things their partners might say about them. And for us, a one-on-one relationship can be pretty rewarding. Being an effective couples therapist requires us to develop skills we may not come by naturally. Here's how to do it. Read More
Case Study: Overcoming the Fear of Losing Clients
Moving Past the Fear of Losing Clients is Necessary to be an Effective Couples Therapist
Case Study: When Couples Therapy Causes Emotional Pain
Coming to Terms with Inflicting Emotional Pain in Order to Provide Good Couples Therapy
Case Study: Facing a Fear of Confrontation in Couples Therapy
When Couples Issues Hit Close to Home, Moving Forward Means Putting Aside the Fear of Confrontation
Facing Our Fears
Why We Avoid Doing Couples Therapy
Ellyn Bader and Peter Pearson
Ellyn Bader, PhD, and Peter Pearson, PhD, couples therapists for more than 25 years, are the founders and directors of The Couples Institute and creators of the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. They’re the authors of In Quest of the Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples Therapy.