Somewhere, right now, there is a husband
in a marital therapy office, and he's choking on tears and he's admitting that he has been unfair and cruel.
However, in comparison to no / minimal treatment, the outcome for depressive symptoms and persistence of depression was better
in the marital therapy group.
So, too, is the
case in marital therapy — why should we expect everyone to know how to handle all the problems that can come up in a marriage?
Thus, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and professional counselors can all become licensed in their respective professions without ever receiving education or
supervision in marital therapy.
«In Love Sense, Dr. Sue Johnson creates fascinating and enlightening connections between cutting - edge research, professional applications of
research in marital therapy, and scores of apt case examples and engaging exercises for people who struggle with relationship difficulties.
The data therefore showed that couples present
in marital therapy with predictable interaction structures that can be clustered according to type consistent with interpersonal and systems theory.
TY - JOUR AU - Jo Gee Yong AU - Tai Young Park TI - Marital Therapy with a Conflictual Couple Preparing for Divorce T2 - Family and Family Therapy PY - 2011 VL - 19 IS - 2 PB - 한국가족치료학회 SP - 41 - 62 SN - 1226 - 0118 AB - Objectives: This study identified characteristics of spousal conflict, effective family therapy interventions, and the process of
change in marital therapy.
While I'm sure Boldt means well — as a mom myself, we always mean well — she may be forgetting that the couple, who announced their divorce this past July after 10 years of marriage and after having three children together — Violet, 10, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3 — had been
in marital therapy since allegedly splitting nearly three years ago.
Most couples
arrive in my marital therapy office prepared for a complicated experience — they want a new arsenal of tools for solving conflict, insights into their partners» neuroses, and answers to the intricate problems of married life.
I've obtained advanced training
in marital therapy at The Washington School of Psychiatry and at the Gottman Institute in Seattle.»
Treatment of narcissistic and borderline
disorders in marital therapy: Suggestions toward an enhanced therapeutic approach: Clinical Social Work Journal Vol 13 (2) Sum 1985, 141 - 156.
In his book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John Gottman, Ph.D., a leading
researcher in marital therapy, writes about Daniel Wile: «I love Wile's writing and thinking.
The first step in building the skills that Dr. Gottman
teaches in his marital therapy is understanding — answering the question that may come up when such interactions unexpectedly throw themselves into your life — when your partner snaps at you out of nowhere.
According to Dr. Gottman's close friend and colleague, UW's Dr. Neil Jacobson, one of the key reasons for couples» relapse after problem -
solving in marital therapy is «discord caused by stress from other areas of their lives.»
Psychotherapy, Psychiatric Evaluations and Medication Management, Psychological Testing, and
specialty in Marital Therapy are available for a broad range of issues.
Marital distress was significantly lower and persistence of marital distress significantly less
frequent in the marital therapy group than in the individual treatment group.
So if we put these factors together, a lack of training, couples come in long after they knew they needed help and advice from friends, the internet and friends that might be counter-productive, we can see why having
success in marital therapy seems daunting.
Early in my career, I worked extensively with couples with sexual concerns,
worked in a marital therapy research project using dynamic and behavioral approaches for couples in conflict and now see a variety of marital concerns across the life cycle from newly marrieds to retired couples of advanced age.
Some
practitioners in marital therapy recommend you do this daily; keeping it positive, repeating affirmations, and simply meditating on the idea that you are putting forth the energy that will restart romance.
At the graduate level I teach courses such as Couples Intervention, Advanced
Issues in Marital Therapy, and Community Psychology.
Most clergy members receive training in basic counseling skills while in seminary, though not all clergy have specialized
training in marital therapy.
Michelle Topal, LCSW is a psychotherapist in Raleigh & Durham NC who
specializes in marital therapy & couples counseling, child therapy, family counseling & parenting support in Durham & Raleigh NC.