Authors: Stephen Betchen
ISBN-13: 9780415948012, ISBN-10: 0415948010
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Stephen J. Betchen, D.S.W., is a licensed marriage and family therapist, an AASECT certified diplomate and supervisor of sex therapy, and an AAMFT clinical member and approved supervisor. He maintains a full-time private practice in Cherry Hill, New Jersey specializing in marital/couples and sex therapy
When two people form a relationship or marry, they begin to move towards one another with the expectation of closeness. The emotionality or intensity that accompanies this process, however, may result in fusion followed by a desperate need for space or distance. Intrusive Partners - Elusive Mates is the first book to deal exclusively with the pursuer-distancer interaction, and to focus significant attention on the emerging male pursuer-female distancer dynamic. This book revisits Fogarty's work, traces the concept over time and across different professional fields, and discusses in detail the concepts correlation with gender issues and social change. A detailed, step-by-step model of treatment to aid in de-escalating this potentially problematic style is also offered. The model in and of itself is unique because it integrates psychoanalytic conflict theory and psychodynamic systems theory into one treatment approach. This book is intended to offer the therapist a model for understanding and effectively discussing this dynamic, while at the same time allowing couples to read and explore it on their own.
Introduction : understanding the pursuer-distancer dynamic | ||
1 | Traits and tendencies of the pursuer and the distancer | 1 |
2 | Gender roles and the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 17 |
3 | Family of origin : the emotional and psychological development of pursuers and distancers | 25 |
4 | Treatment model | 33 |
5 | Evaluating sexual dysfunction in the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 79 |
6 | Male sexual disorders and the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 87 |
7 | Female sexual disorders and the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 113 |
8 | Hypoactive sexual desire disorder and the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 129 |
9 | Same-sex couples and the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 145 |
10 | Difficult cases and case failure | 159 |
11 | Other contexts and the pursuer-distancer dynamic | 173 |