Book Description
Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Overview, Theory, and Research -- Chapter 1. Background and Overview of Discernment Counseling -- Chapter 2. Theory and Research -- II. Methods of Discernment Counseling -- Chapter 3. Communicating With Clients Before Starting Discernment Counseling -- Chapter 4. First Session Protocol -- Chapter 5. Middle Sessions Protocol -- Chapter 6. Handling Transitions to Path 3: Couples Therapy -- Chapter 7. Handling Transitions to Path 2: Divorce -- Chapter 8. Handling Transitions to Path 1: Status Quo -- III. Common Scenarios in Discernment Counseling -- Chapter 9. When One Partner Has an Affair -- Chapter 10. When the Feelings Are Gone -- Chapter 11. When Neither One is Leaning in -- Chapter 12. Shifting From Couples Therapy to Discernment Counseling -- IV. Implementing Discernment Counseling in Your Practice -- Chapter 13. Learning Discernment Counseling -- Chapter 14. Managing Critical Incidents in Discernment Counseling -- Chapter 15. How to Build a Practice in Discernment Counseling -- Appendix: Applications for Lawyers, Mediators, and Clergy -- References -- About the Authors