Worthington, Everett L.,  1946- <br/><br/>
Hope-focused marriage counseling :  a guide to brief therapy / 
Everett L. Worthington, Jr. 
 - Expanded pbk. ed. 
 - Downers Grove, Ill. :  InterVarsity Press,  c2005. 
 - xli, 311 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-303) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0830815481 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780830815487 (cloth : alk. paper) 0830827641 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780830827640 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005052145 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Marriage counseling.<br/>Pastoral counseling.<br/>Marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Solution-focused brief therapy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV 4012.27  / W933h 2005