Couple Burnout

Dr. Ayala M. Pines is the head of the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences program at the Institute of Arts, Sciences and Technology in Israel and a practicing clinical psychologist in both Israel and California. She is the author of nine books, including Keeping the SparkAlive: Preventing Burnout in Love and Marriage and Romantic Jealousy: Understanding and Conquering theShadow of Love, as well as numerous articles.

"Having herself done many surveys in this area, Dr. Pines bases her treatment approach on research findings. Often as therapists we are asked by the couples we see in our offices to suggest a book that we think would be helpful for them to read. Ayala Pines' Couple Burnout is the one I will now recommend. She translates theory and research clearly and makes her ideas accessible to the couples we treat. In reading this book, couples will be affirmed in their struggles to develop more realistic expectations and in their attempts to create new, and potentially more fulfilling, ways to relate to one another." -- Marion L.Usher, Ph.D, Clinical Professor, George WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine

• 1. Couple Burnout: Definition, Causes, and Symptoms 2. The Couple Burnout Model: Falling In and Out of Love 3. Three Clinical Approaches to Couple Therapy and an Alternative 4. Couple Burnout and Career Burnout 5. Gender Differences in Couple Burnout 6. Burnout in Sex: The Slow and Steady Fire 7. Is Couple Burnout Inevitable? 8. High and Low Burnout Couples 9. Couple Burnout Workshops