About Dr. David Schnarch

Dr. David Schnarch created Crucible Therapy, the approach I use in Couples Therapy and Marriage Counseling. This page links to everything I’ve written about him.

Core Concepts

• Dr. David Schnarch and Crucible Therapy

• What is Differentiation?

• How is Crucible Therapy Different?

• How Crucible Counseling Works

• Differentiation in Marriage

• Differentiation-Based Couples Therapy

• Differentiation vs Attachment in Couples Therapy

• Differentiation in Crucible Therapy

• Mind Mapping in Crucible Therapy

• What is Traumatic Mind Mapping?

• Traumatic Mind Mapping in Crucible Therapy

• Revisualization: Healing Childhood Wounds

Schnarch Compared to Other Approaches

• Schnarch Crucible Therapy vs Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

• Crucible Therapy vs Gottman Therapy

• Crucible Therapy vs Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

• David Schnarch’s Crucible Approach vs Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT)

• Comparing Bader, Schnarch, Real, and Perel

Book Summaries

• David Schnarch Books: Complete List & Reading Order

• David Schnarch’s Best Books

• Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch (Summary)

• Intimacy and Desire by David Schnarch (Summary)

• Brain Talk by David Schnarch (Summary)

• Living at the Bottom of the Ocean (Summary)

Podcast Episodes with Video

• Introduction to Crucible Therapy with Catherine Roebuck

• Crucible Therapy with Dr. Dave Jenkins

• Regression and Revisualization