Article ; Online: Love in Action: An Integrative Approach to Last Chance Couple Therapy.
2019 Volume 58, Issue 3, Page(s) 569–594
Abstract: This article presents an integrative approach to the special challenges of therapy with couples on the brink of dissolution or divorce-who often describe this therapy as their "last chance." In some, one partner is considering ending the relationship, ... ...
Abstract | This article presents an integrative approach to the special challenges of therapy with couples on the brink of dissolution or divorce-who often describe this therapy as their "last chance." In some, one partner is considering ending the relationship, and in others, both partners are considering ending it. Often, these couples have had prior dissatisfying experiences in couple therapy. Four types of last chance couples are described: high-conflict couples; couples in which partners have differing goals for their lives or different timelines for reaching shared goals; couples in which one or both partners have acted in a manner that violates the values, expectations, emotional comfort, or safety of the other; and couples in which there has been a gradual loss of intimacy. The Therapeutic Palette, a multiperspectival, theoretically eclectic integrative approach, is enlisted as a general framework for selecting and sequencing use of particular theories and their associated practices, based on the three "primary colors" of couple therapy: time frame/focus, level of directiveness, and change entry point. An additional complementary framework, the creative relational movement approach, is proposed to provide an integrative frame encompassing both language-based and action-based practices, suggesting that meaning is held and expressed as much through interaction or "relational motion" as it is through language. Principles of change are described. Due to the couple's level of crisis and desire for immediate evidence of possible improvement, priority is given to action-based interventions in early stages of therapy, by engaging couples in "experiments in possibility." Typical action approaches are described. An extended vignette follows. |
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MeSH term(s) | Couples Therapy/methods ; Divorce/prevention & control ; Divorce/psychology ; Family Conflict ; Female ; Goals ; Humans ; Interpersonal Relations ; Love ; Male ; Motivation |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2019-07-23 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 212740-4 |
ISSN | 1545-5300 ; 0014-7370 |
ISSN (online) | 1545-5300 |
ISSN | 0014-7370 |
DOI | 10.1111/famp.12474 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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