COUPLE COACHING
Prevention & Perspectives
Elisabeth Lindner/Kurt Wawra
KRAMMER VERLAG, Wien Okt. 2006

Preface
LOVE
On Love
Can Love be Learned?
Is Love Worth the Trouble?
Faithfulness, Personal Integrity, and Freedom in Relationships

PREVENTIVE COUPLE COACHING
Why Prevention is Becoming Increasingly Important

Becoming a Couple
From Being in Love to Love
It Starts with Choosing a Partner
–          Online Relationships
Life Planning and Choice of Partner
Look Before You Leap
–          Interviews with Young Couples
Models of Life Planning

Designing a Relationship
Everyday Love or the Trials of the Flatlands
Life Changes
Friendship in Relationships
Building Trust By Facing Conflicts
Talking about Taboo Topics
–          Sexual Unfaithfulness
–          Letting Go
The Significance of Eros and Sexuality in a Couple’s Relationship

COUPLE THERAPY
When Do Couples Need Professional Help?
Existential Analysis in Couple Therapy
Principles and Goals
Methodology: the 9-Step-Model
Specifics of Couple Therapy
–          Setting
–          Influences
–          Intervention Techniques
– Temporary Separation
Couple Therapy/Sex Therapy
Sexual Communication Problems

Separation
The Ability to Let Go
Separation as a Preventive Measure
Love Triangles
–          Discussion
–          Analytical Model for Making Decisions
Specific Crises of Separation – New Relationships

On Love, Once More

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