al Therapy

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Therapeutic Approach
"A Therapeutic approach is the theory by which the worker frames how they
view human relationships and the issues that occur for people throughout their
lives"

The main goal of therapy is to bring about a change in behavior, improved

social & occupational functioning and personality growth. It is defined as the
relief of distress or disability in one person by another, using an approach
based on a particular theory, and the person performing the therapy has had
some form of training in delivering this

"Therapeutic Approach"
Marital Therapy
Couple or marital therapy is a form of
psychotherapy designed to modify the
interaction of two people who are in conflict
with each other over one parameter or a
variety of parameter - social, economic,
sexual or economic.
A trained worker establishes a therapeutic
contract with a client- couple and, through
definite types of communication attempts to
alleviate the disturbances, to reverse or
change mal adaptive patterns of behavior
and to encourage personality growth and
development.
 Common Marital
Sexual Difficulties problems that
Inability to
couples seek
Compromise
treatment for
include

Extended Family Issues Child-Rearing Conflicts

Financial Disputes
 GOALS OF THERAPY
Help partners negotiate behavior change
Teach more effective communication skills (e.g.,
active listening, how to argue)
Avoid the 4 horsemen
(Defensiveness, Criticism,
Contempt, Stonewalling) &
other forms of destructive fighting.
Focus on and encourage “positive sentiment
override”
Improving "communication skills"
Marital Therapy Approaches
Emotionally Focused
Insight-Oriented
Marital Therapy:
Marital Therapy:
Emotionally focused marital
Insight-oriented marital therapy
therapy enables couples to
identify and break free of their is a combination of behavioral
destructive emotional cycles therapy and teaching couples
such as when one person how to understand their power
criticizes and the other struggles, defense mechanisms,
withdraws. The therapy helps and other negative behaviors.
couples build trust in each other.
 COGNITIVE
GOTTMAN
BEHAVIOURAL
METHOD THERAPY

TYPES OF
NARRATIVE
THERAPY
INDIVIDUAL
THERAPY COUNSELLING

EMOTIONALLY IMAGO
FOCUSED RELATIONSHIP
THERAPY THERAPY
 "Don't let the passion of emotions control you,
Don't go to bed angry & Don't give the devil a chance..."

When disputes arises, it is not

Husband WIFE
But, HUSBAND & WIFE PROBLEM

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