Unmet Expectations in Couple and Sex Therapy: Helping Couples Negotiate Realistic Relationships Betchen Stephen J.
Unmet Expectations in Couple and Sex Therapy: Helping Couples Negotiate Realistic Relationships Betchen Stephen J. Stephen J. This clinical guide helps therapists provide couples with the ability to…
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Unmet Expectations in Couple and Sex Therapy: Helping Couples Negotiate Realistic Relationships Betchen Stephen J.
Stephen J. This clinical guide helps therapists provide couples with the ability to recognize the origin of their expectations and when their expectations might be realistically or unrealistically too high or low. Betchen illuminates unmet expectations as one of the leading causes of relationship problems, offering an integrative, systemic, and conflict-oriented treatment model that will help both therapists and couples develop happier and more realistic relationships.
Chapters outline how to determine the origin and impact of unmet expectations before discussing how and why we choose our partners that do or do not meet our needs. It defines and demonstrates the complexity of what met or unmet expectations are, identifying common symptoms as anger, incessant bickering, anxiety, disappointment, disillusionment, and sadness. Addressing sociocultural factors in