دانلود کتاب Marriage at Midlife: Counseling Strategies and Analytical Tools

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Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgments......Page 22
1 Guiding Perspectives and Analytical Tools......Page 24
Defining the “Centerstage” Marriage......Page 25
Our Research: How Did We Learn About Centerstage Marriages?......Page 27
Five Couples: Five Different Challenges......Page 28
This Book’s Organization......Page 29
A Guiding Perspective: Communicating Across the Life Course......Page 30
Time Matters......Page 31
External Circumstances Will Change......Page 32
Accounting for Differences Among Clients: Culture, Gender, and Religion......Page 33
The Relational Dialectics Framework......Page 36
A Resilience Framework......Page 38
The Roles Framework......Page 40
Renew Relationship Commitment......Page 41
Maintain an External System of Support......Page 42
Concluding Thoughts: Remodeling the Empty Nest......Page 43
References......Page 44
PART I: RECOUPLING: OPTIMIZING RELATIONAL PROCESSES......Page 46
2 Improving Communication......Page 48
Reassessing Familiar Patterns......Page 49
Building Communication Capacity......Page 51
Sources of Distress......Page 52
Analytical Tools......Page 64
Working With Clients......Page 67
Questions for Clients......Page 72
Exercises......Page 73
References......Page 76
3 Forgiving Past Transgressions......Page 78
Why Forgive?......Page 80
What Forgiveness Is Not......Page 81
Sources of Distress......Page 82
Complicating Conditions: Helping Clients Judge the Seriousness of Transgressions......Page 84
Analytical Tools......Page 88
Working With Clients......Page 93
Concluding Thoughts......Page 101
Exercises......Page 102
References......Page 105
4 Finding New and Meaningful Activities......Page 106
Constraints on Activity During Childrearing......Page 108
Midlife Transitions: Finding Fulfillment in New Patterns of Activity......Page 110
Sources of Distress......Page 113
Analytical Tools......Page 118
Working With Clients......Page 123
Emerging Opportunities for Meaningful Engagement: Examples for Clients......Page 126
Concluding Thoughts......Page 127
Exercises......Page 128
References......Page 132
PART II: RETOOLING: ADAPTING TO MIDLIFE EVENTS......Page 134
5 New Career Directions: Coping With Job Loss and Returning to School......Page 136
Job Loss......Page 137
Returning to School......Page 139
Sources of Distress......Page 141
Analytical Tools......Page 148
Working With Clients......Page 153
Concluding Thoughts......Page 159
Exercises......Page 160
References......Page 164
6 Managing Boundaries: Boomerang Kids, Adult Children, and Grandparenting......Page 166
Boomerang Kids......Page 168
Helping Adult Children......Page 169
Grandparenting......Page 170
Sources of Distress......Page 174
Analytical Tools......Page 179
Working With Clients......Page 182
Concluding Thoughts......Page 196
Questions for Clients......Page 197
Exercises......Page 198
References......Page 200
7 Relocation at Midlife: Marking a New Era......Page 202
Understanding the Relocation Experience......Page 203
Sources of Distress......Page 210
Analytical Tools......Page 215
Working With Clients......Page 219
Questions for Clients......Page 221
Exercises......Page 222
References......Page 226
8 Illness and Caregiving......Page 228
Sources of Distress......Page 231
Analytical Tools......Page 240
Working With Clients......Page 247
Concluding Thoughts......Page 252
Questions for Clients......Page 253
Exercises......Page 254
References......Page 256
9 Reimagining the Empty Nest: Helping Clients Think Differently......Page 258
Alternative Metaphors......Page 259
Best Practices Revisited......Page 262
References......Page 265
Appendix: Resources......Page 266
C......Page 280
D......Page 281
I......Page 282
M......Page 283
P......Page 284
R......Page 285
T......Page 286