{"id":54,"date":"2010-08-15T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T19:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.studiopress.com\/genesis"},"modified":"2021-12-27T16:46:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:46:24","slug":"polyamory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Conjoint Therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Polyamory,<\/span> Alternative Relationship Configurations, and Relationship\/Couples Counseling
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\"\"A good percentage of my practice is couples counseling, or, as I like to call it, relationship counseling<\/em>.  Relationship counseling can be used for a variety of relationships, not just couples, including family, friends, dyads, triads, and other alternative configurations. My clinical approach is based mostly on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)<\/a> and other experiential modalities.<\/p>\n

Many individuals currently are opting for less traditional relationship models, including consensual non-monogamy, polyamory being perhaps its most well known variation. I have worked with many people in these communities, including people like Dossie Easton<\/a>, author of the original poly handbook, The Ethical Slut, whom I count as a colleague and a friend.<\/p>\n

And of course I do offer more traditional couples counseling for those who are in dyads, as well as working equally well with both monogamy and consensual non-monogamy orientations.<\/p>\n

Books:<\/strong>
\nMore Than Two<\/a> (Rickert, Eve, & Veaux, Franklin)
\nHold Me Tight<\/a> (Johnson, Sue)
\n<\/em><\/strong>Attached:The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find-And Keep-Love<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Levine & Heller)
\nThe Ethical Slut<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Easton, Dossie)
\nA General Theory of Love<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> (Lewis, Amini, Lannon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Polyamory, Alternative Relationship Configurations, and Relationship\/Couples Counseling A good percentage of my practice is couples counseling, or, as I like to call it, relationship counseling.  Relationship counseling can be used for a variety of relationships, not just couples, including family, friends, dyads, triads, and other alternative configurations. My clinical approach is based mostly on Emotionally Focused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":540,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/1348"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mylesdownes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}