The Couples Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner [Paperback]

Now in a Second Edition, The Couples Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner helps mental health practitioners reduce the amount of time spent on paperwork so more time can be spent with clients. The new edition covers an eclectic array of treatment approaches and corresponds with the behavioral problems and the DSM diagnostic categories found in The Couples Psychotherapy Treatment Planner. With new and updated information on the role of evidence-based practice in progress notes writing and the special status of progress notes under HIPAA, this guide provides marriage and family therapists with over 1,000 prewritten progress notes and treatment approaches for working with couples.

PracticePlanners^? Series Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

Alcohol Abuse 3

Anger 13

Anxiety 25

Blame 37

Blended-Family Problems 45

Communication 55

Dependency 65

Depression Due to Relationship Problems 75

Depression Independent of Relationship Problems 87

Disillusionment with Relationship 97

Eating Disorders 107

Financial Conflict 115

Infidelity 125

Internet Sexual Use 135

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)Intimate Terrorism 145

Intimate Partner Violence-Situational (Bi-directional)

Couple Violence 155

Intolerance 165

Jealousy 177

Job Stress 189

Life-Changing Events 201

Loss of Love/Affection 209

Midlife Transition Problems 219

Only One Partner Willing to Attend Therapy 229