Heart of Couple Therapy, The: Knowing What to Do and How to Do It

“The author describes the moment-to-moment decisions a therapist is called upon to make from the first moment of the first session. I know of no better first book for beginning students wanting to know how to do couple therapy and for experienced therapists seeking new ideas. Opening this book, you feel the presence of a master therapist who has drawn from the wisdom of the field and passed it through the filter of her decades of experience, finely tuned intelligence, and deep humanity. I kept thinking, ‘Yes, that’s exactly what happens in a session–and, hey, Ellen Wachtel has come up with a great way to deal with it.'”–Daniel B. Wile, PhD, private practice, Oakland, California