Couple Therapy

Couple Therapy: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to couple therapy. Taking both a general overview and a psychoanalytic focus, it addresses the basic questions which both couples and those interested in becoming couple therapists can expect to ask.

Molly Ludlam, MA, is a couple and individual psychoanalytic psychotherapist and contributor to many books and journals, and was the founding editor of Couple & Family Psychoanalysis (2011-2019). Now retired from clinical practice, and as a course teacher and examiner, she currently focuses on consulting and writing.

1. Introduction to couple therapy 2. What is a couple? 3. Why do couples seek therapy? 4. What is couple therapy? 5. What basic skills are required? 6. Different kinds of couple therapy 7. What is psychodynamic - psychoanalytic couple therapy? 8. Further couple therapies linked to psychoanalysis 9. First meetings with a couple 10. Ongoing meetings and challenges in couple therapy 11. Outcomes: endings and new beginnings 12. Why is supervision for important for couple therapy? 13. How can I learn more about couple therapy?