Couples in Conflict

In the first book of its kind, Dr. Stephen J. Betchen teaches established and training marriage and family therapists to recognize the complexity and contradictions of control struggles in couples and, uniquely, how to clinically treat these issues to create a harmonious, long relationship.

Stephen J. Betchen, DSW, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, an AAMFT-approved supervisor, and an AASECT diplomate and certified supervisor. For many years he served as a senior supervisor in the post-graduate Sex Therapy Program at the Council for Relationships and as an adjunct clinical professor in the Department of Couple and Family Therapy at Thomas Jefferson University. He currently maintains a full-time private practice in New Jersey specializing in couples' and sex therapy.

Section I Clinical Theory 1. Introduction: Control and Conflict 2. The Origin of Control Struggles 3. The Unconscious Process of Mate Selection 4. Controlling Styles Section II Clinical Assessment 5. Assessing Couples with Control Struggles Section III Clinical Treatment 6. Treatment Techniques for Couples with Control Struggles 7. How the Couple's Therapist Can Avoid Being Caught in a Control Struggle 8. Termination and Relapse Prevention