Couples of Mixed HIV Status: Clinical Issues and Interventions

Examine the unique emotional challenges and issues that face couples of mixed HIV status today. Previous books on this subject - mostly written in the days when HIV/AIDS was considered a fatal rather than a chronic disease - focused on end-of-life issues. Couples of Mixed HIV Status: Clinical Issues and Interventions addresses the unique emotional challenges facing today's couples of mixed HIV status and provides a conceptual framework for assessment and intervention. The book offers examples of how to apply emotionally focused couple therapy to help them work through issues including disclosure, the fear of HIV transmission, shifts in emotional intimacy, family planning, betrayal, mistrust, and uncertainty.

Paperback, 179 pages, published 2005