Divorce Counseling Homework Planner With Diskette

The Bestselling treatment planning system for mental health professionals

Help clients dealing with divorce work through their problems between sessions

Divorce Counseling Homework Planner provides you with an array of ready-to-use, between-session assignments designed to help guide clients through the extreme emotions associated with divorce. This easy-to-use sourcebook features:

• 74 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues in divorce therapy
• A quick-reference format–the interactive assignments are organized around the most typical stages of separation and divorce
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
• The opportunity for clients to work through issues such as adjusting to the loss, finding support, helping children, redefining relationships, and moving on
• A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format–allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients’ unique styles and needs

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• 74 ready-to-copy exercises covering the most common issues in divorce therapy
• A quick-reference format - the interactive assignments are organized around the most typical stages of separation and divorce
• Expert guidance on how and when to make the most efficient use of the exercises
• The opportunity for clients to work through issues such as adjusting to the loss, finding support, helping children, redefining relationships, and moving on
• A computer disk that contains all the exercises in a word-processing format - allowing you to customize them to suit you and your clients' unique styles and needs

Introduction.

SECTION I THE STAGES OF DIVORCE.

Exercise I.A Stages of Divorce: Getting Located.

Exercise I.B Identifying Your Feelings.

SECTION II BEFORE THE DECISION.

Exercise II.A What s Changed?

Exercise II.B What s Wrong?

Exercise II.C Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Exercise II.D What Happened?

Exercise II.E The Stakeholders.

Exercise II.F Checkpoint: Considering Divorce.

SECTION III DEALING WITH THE DECISION.

Exercise III.A When Faced with Adversity.

Exercise III.B How Are You Doing?

Exercise III.C Facing Your Reality.

Exercise III.D Loss of Innocence.

Exercise III.E I Still Can t Believe It.

SECTION IV ADJUSTING TO LOSS.

Exercise IV.A The Loss of . . .

Exercise IV.B Adaptation.

Exercise IV.C Adjustment: Easier Said Than Done.

Exercise IV.D Since the Separation . . .

Exercise IV.E Your Loss.

Exercise IV.F I Choose to Overcome Grief.

SECTION V SELF-ESTEEM.

Exercise V.A Self-Esteem.

Exercise V.B Telling the World.

Exercise V.C Beyond Assumptions.

Exercise V.D Distortions in Thinking.

Exercise V.E I Am . . .

SECTION VI FINDING SUPPORT.

Exercise VI.A The Right Help at the Right Time.

Exercise VI.B Who Can I Turn To?

Exercise VI.C Getting Support.

Exercise VI.D Barriers to Support.

Exercise VI.E The Faces of Sharing.

SECTION VII PRACTICAL MATTERS.

Exercise VII.A To Win What?

Exercise VII.B What Kind of a Divorce?

Exercise VII.C Complications of Daily Life.

Exercise VII.D Practical Realities.

Exercise VII.E A Daily Diary.

SECTION VIII THE CHILDREN.

Exercise VIII.A The Children.

Exercise VIII.B In Their Best Interests.

Exercise VIII.C Really Seeing Your Kids.

Exercise VIII.D Parental Do s and Don ts.

Exercise VIII.E After the Divorce.

SECTION IX DEALING WITH EMOTIONS.

Exercise IX.A The Basis of Your Feelings.

Exercise IX.B My Feelings.

Exercise IX.C Responding to Feelings.

Exercise IX.D How Do You Feel Right Now?

Exercise IX.E Staying in Touch with Yourself.

Exercise IX.F Dumping Your Feelings.

SECTION X GOOD HEALTH.

Exercise X.A How Do You Cope?

Exercise X.B Physical Health and Relaxation.

Exercise X.C What You Do Is Who You Are.

Exercise X.D Coping and Good Health.

SECTION XI CIVIL PEACE.

Exercise XI.A Civil War or Civil Peace?

Exercise XI.B Understanding the Issues.

Exercise XI.C Gains.

Exercise XI.D Means and Ends.

Exercise XI.E Checkpoint: Civility.

SECTION XII REDEFINING RELATIONSHIPS.

Exercise XII.A A Quick Look at Relationships.

Exercise XII.B The Unsatisfying.

Exercise XII.C Changing Relationships.

Exercise XII.D What Do You Want from This Relationship?

Exercise XII.E Checkpoint: Relationships.

SECTION XIII SEEING WITH NEW EYES.

Exercise XIII.A Words of Wisdom.

Exercise XIII.B A Self-Portrait.

Exercise XIII.C Inner Peace.

Exercise XIII.D Using Your Feet to Open Your Eyes.

Exercise XIII.E New Thinking.

SECTION XIV REINVENTING YOURSELF.

Exercise XIV.A An Inventory of Change.

Exercise XIV.B Makeover.

Exercise XIV.C Who Am I Now?

Exercise XIV.D Reinventing Relationships.

Exercise XIV.E What I Want.

Exercise XIV.F Checkpoint: Reinvention.

SECTION XV MOVING ON.

Exercise XV.A Thinking about Decisions.

Exercise XV.B Making Decisions.

Exercise XV.C Instruction from the Past.

Exercise XV.D Reflections on Your Journey.

Bibliography.

About the Disk.