TY  - BOOK
AU  - Worthington,Everett L.
TI  - Hope-focused marriage counseling: a guide to brief therapy 
SN  - 0830815481 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - BV 4012.27 W933h 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - InterVarsity Press
KW  - Marriage counseling
KW  - Pastoral counseling
KW  - Marriage
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Solution-focused brief therapy
N1  - 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)
ER  -