Sue Johnson (1)
Autor(a) de Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
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Sue Johnson (1) foi considerado como pseudónimo de Susan M. Johnson.
Obras por Sue Johnson
Foram atribuídas obras ao autor também conhecido como Susan M. Johnson.
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Independent Tradition (Efpp Clinical Monograph Series) (1999) 5 exemplares
Hold Me Tight (DVD) 1 exemplar
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- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Canada
- País (no mapa)
- Canada
- Locais de residência
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 809
- Popularidade
- #31,538
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 6
- ISBN
- 102
- Línguas
- 10
Short Story--- I prefer John Gottman.
But Gottman himself is quoted as singing the praises of this book and Johnson's work. So there's that.
Long story: Johnson make an astute point at the beginning of the book. For the first time in years, for many the couple is the community, the best friend, the club, the neighbor. I believe it was Eli Finkel in the All-Or-Nothing Marriage who explored it most thoroughly. Gottman himself makes many references to friends, outside interests, community. Relationships that have those things bolstering them may function well with his books. Others, the fit the first description, may do well with Johnson's work.
But, the thing is, I don't know. Because, apart from the claim at the beginning that it is 75% more effective, there are no stats, particulars from studies, or numbers. What are we defining as success? Gottman's work is much more specific on this point.
I found the middle a semi-repetition of Gottman's ideas(just reframed) mixed with experiences and step-by-step workbook-style questions(which I thought was a little odd, based on her critique of teaching communication skills). It wasn't until page 226 that she really got to, what I feel, was the crux of the issue which, ironically(?), was to see each self in its community of origin (however big or small) and address these issues(let's not talk the reparenting thing here. There's too much I think about that and too little research stored in my head to make it accurate).
To sum up: there was too little info on prevention and not enough presentation of a deep dive to satisfy any solid claim of a cure. Especially since, I might add, marital counseling is rarely covered by insurance and, therefore, any help people with a lower income can get, is worth giving(especially since stats point to single parents as earning less---making it a laudable goal to help everyone, and especially couples in that income bracket who might not have insurance or spare cash anyway).*
*Update, I've been thinking more about this. Why is it that when therapists write about their clients they're always like "John, a successful business owner and Mary, a financial wizard, were always fighting"? I mean, I know partially why. But isn't it telling that it never reads "Joe, owner of a struggling business, and Jane, who was working at the local grocery store to make ends meet..."?… (mais)