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Assessing Readiness for Couple Therapy: The Stages of Relationship Change Questionnaire
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Bradford, Kay – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
Client readiness for change is garnering increased interest both conceptually and methodologically. This article describes the reliability, validity, and utility of a measure of readiness for couple relationship change, Schneider's (2003) Stages of Relationship Change Questionnaire (SRCQ). Based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change, the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Marriage Counseling, Interpersonal Relationship, Questionnaires
Opening the Eyes of Counselors to the Emotional Abuse of Men: An Overlooked Dynamic in Dysfunctional Families
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Gold, Joshua M.; Pitariu, Gabriela V. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2004
The authors suggest that counselors should expand their awareness of emotional abuse within heterosexual relationships, offering definitions of emotional abuse and statistics that confirm the victimization of men. The implications of this knowledge for counselors" personal growth and therapeutic practice are discussed. The statistics on the…
Descriptors: Males, Family Violence, Marital Instability, Antisocial Behavior
A Clinic for Men: Challenging Individual and Social Myths.
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Nahon, Danielle; Lander, Nedra R. – Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 1992
Describes group counseling program at large tertiary care teaching hospital aimed at recently separated men. Notes clinical experiences that challenge widely held beliefs regarding men's help-seeking behavior and capacity for emotional relatedness. Describes experiences of clinic founders as front-line mental health counselors in addressing…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Divorce, Foreign Countries
Developing a Manualized Couples Treatment for Domestic Violence: Overcoming Challenges
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Stith, Sandra M.; Rosen, Karen H.; McCollum, Eric E. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2002
This paper describes challenges faced in a four-year project to develop a manualized couples treatment program for domestic violence. The couples treatment program is an add-on to a male batterer program where the male partner has perpetrated mild-to-moderate violence, yet both partners want to remain together. The project involved the cooperation…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Public Agencies, Outcomes of Treatment, Males