Effective Marriage Counseling: The His Needs, Her Needs Guide to Helping Couples

Effective Marriage Counseling: The His Needs, Her Needs Guide to Helping Couples

by Willard F. Harley Jr.
Effective Marriage Counseling: The His Needs, Her Needs Guide to Helping Couples

Effective Marriage Counseling: The His Needs, Her Needs Guide to Helping Couples

by Willard F. Harley Jr.

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Overview

Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr. has spent the past thirty-some years developing and fine-tuning a comprehensive marriage counseling program that has helped more than a million couples--through both his private counseling and his books. In this new resource, Dr. Harley walks pastors and counselors through that program, equipping them for the kind of marital coaching he's been doing for decades.
Beginning with an introduction to core concepts such as the Love Bank, and progressing through specific counseling steps, Effective Marriage Counseling offers readers a comprehensive overview of the tools and techniques that have brought Dr. Harley counseling success--and prepares readers to achieve the same kind of success in their own counseling practice. Pastors and counselors will welcome this incredible collection of proven techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441212535
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 02/01/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
File size: 697 KB

About the Author

Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr. is a nationally acclaimed clinical psychologist, marriage counselor, and bestselling author. His popular website, www.marriagebuilders.com, offers practical solutions to almost any marital problem. Dr. Harley and his wife, Joyce, host a three-hour live radio call-in show called Marriage Builders Radio, and they also host Marriage Builders Weekends across the country. They live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr. is a nationally acclaimed clinical psychologist, a marriage counselor, and the bestselling author of numerous books, including His Needs, Her Needs; Five Steps to Romantic Love; Surviving an Affair; Draw Close; and He Wins, She Wins. Harley's much-loved book, His Needs, Her Needs, is also available with a video curriculum for churches and small groups. His popular website, www.marriagebuilders.com, offers practical solutions to almost any marital problem.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Theory: The Harley Model for Marital Satisfaction

1 A Simple and Effective Model 9

2 The Basic Assumption: The Love Bank 15

3 What Does a Good Marriage Counselor Do? 23

4 What Is Marriage Coaching? 33

Part 2 Method: Building Love Bank Balances

5 Love Bank Deposits for Men 49

6 Love Bank Deposits for Women 65

7 The Policy of Undivided Attention 79

8 Control and Abuse 89

9 Dishonesty and Annoying Behavior 101

10 Independent Behavior and the Policy of Joint Agreement 109

Part 3 Application: A Case Study

11 Intake and Assessment 121

12 Treatment 137

13 Practice and Discharge 149

Appendix A Love Bank Inventory 167

Appendix B Memorandum of Agreement 173

Appendix C Telephone Counseling 179

Notes 181

Index 183

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