Marriage as an equal partnership is the goal of amny couples in the western world today and yet equality is often limited by the ways that power and gender interact in the relationship, leading to dissatisfaction and ultimately the break up of the marriage. In Equal PArtners - Good Friends Claire Rabin examines the connection between inequality in marriage and marital distress. Drawing on extensive research and personal interviews in the UK, USA and Israel, she stresses the role of friendship in establishing a truly equal relationship. Focusing on issues of gender, sex roles and...
Marriage as an equal partnership is the goal of amny couples in the western world today and yet equality is often limited by the ways that power and g...
Claire Rabin innovatively applies the Winnicottian theory of the good enough mother to couple therapy, redirecting attention to the therapeutic relationship and the therapist s self-awareness regardless of the methods used. Using this lens, even the therapist s mistakes become an opportunity for repairing both the therapeutic relationship and the partners own personal maturity.
The intensity and pressure of couple therapy can make each case a test of the therapist s competence. The need for neutrality constitutes on-going pressure on the therapist and the proliferation of therapeutic...
Claire Rabin innovatively applies the Winnicottian theory of the good enough mother to couple therapy, redirecting attention to the therapeutic rel...
