Couples can make significant progress toward resolving their own problems when they receive appropriate guidance from a caring person. This book outlines five tasks focused on identity, agency, and

Empowering Couples

Couples can make significant progress toward resolving their own problems when they receive appropriate guidance from a caring person. This book outlines five tasks focused on identity, agency, and meaning that spiritual caregivers can use to empower couples for significant change in just three to five conversations. This form of "empowering guidance" is a dimension of pastoral conversation rather than formal counseling. Critically integrating desert spiritual theology with empirical data about successful marriages, Bidwell advocates for mutuality and partnership within covenanted relationships, which allows partners to create an alliance strong enough to resist the forces that threaten relationshipsâ€”especially the negative influences of criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and withdrawal.
Country USA
Brand Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Manufacturer Fortress Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780800663421
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Manufacturer	Fortress Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780800663421
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Empowering Couples