This is the first practical, how-to guide to non-monogamy for therapists. It contains everything a therapist needs to know to start working confidently and competently with polyamorous clients. It covers both the most common challenges and the most complex and difficult situations likely to present in the therapy room.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781538129890
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - Inc.
Publication Date: 05-15-2021
Pages: 500
Product Dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.13(h) x 1.17(d)
About the Author
Martha Kauppi is a marriage and family therapist, educator, and AASECT-certified sex therapist and supervisor with a lifelong career in health and sexuality. Martha specializes in working at the intersection of sex and relational issues. She creates and presents educational materials that are based in theory and scientific knowledge while also being practical, effective, and immediately applicable by therapists and their clients. For more information, educational opportunities, and a blog, visit www.instituteforrelationalintimacy.com.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: POLYAMORY FROM A THERAPIST’S PERSPECTIVE
Chapter 1: Consensual Non-Monogamies: What Are The Options?
Chapter 2: Polyamory: What the Research Tells Us
Chapter 3: Overlapping Marginalized Populations and Intersectionality
Chapter 4: Polyamory Theory, or Why Polyamory Makes Sense to Some
Chapter 5: Who Can Benefit From Consensual Non-Monogamy?
PART II: CREATING A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR THERAPY WITH POLYAMORY
Chapter 6: The Therapist: Bias, Strengths, and Challenges
Chapter 7: What Makes a Good Relationship?
Chapter 8: Conceptualizing the Case: If Polyamory Isn’t The Problem, What Is?
Chapter 9: Using The Initiator/Inquirer Process to Support Differentiation and Move Toward Decisions
Chapter 10: Getting Polyamory Therapy off to a Strong Start: Understanding the Change Process
PART III: POLYAMORY IN THE THERAPY ROOM: COMMON PRESENTING PROBLEMS
Chapter 11: Negotiating Polyamory: Forming Good Agreements
Chapter 12: Negotiating Polyamory: Talking Points for Partners
Chapter 13: Understanding and Addressing Jealousy
Chapter 14: Infidelity, Broken Agreements, and Building Trust
Chapter 15: Working with Mono-Polyams and Reluctant Polyams
Chapter 16: Recovering from Polyamory Gone Wrong
Chapter 17: Role-Related Challenges and Benefits: Primaries, Secondaries, Hinges, Etc.
Chapter 18: Relationship Transitions: New Relationships Energy, Relationship Decisions, Shifting Between Partners, and Breakups
Chapter 19: Polyamorous Families With Children and Coming Out Issues
PART IV: PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 20: Ethical Considerations
Chapter 21: Marketing Yourself as a Polyamory-Friendly Therapist
Appendices A: Relationship Concept Worksheets B: Emotional Balance Worksheets C: Preparation for Communication Worksheets D: Relationship Enrichment Handouts E: Creating Change Worksheet Set F: Crafting Your Unique Open Relationship Handout Set Bibliography Index About the Author