Couples Therapy

Question 1

What is Gottman Couples Therapy?

Answer 1

4 relationship horsemen

Consist of:
* Assessment – Couple plus therapist
* Individual sessions + questionnaires
* Build a Sound Relationship House

Question 2

Gottman Couples Therapy?

best used for?

Worst used for?

Answer 2

• Couples who want to increase relationship
  skills
• Couples who want to fix relationship issues
• People who are “psychologically minded” –
  want to learn psychological constructs and
  tools

worst

• Treating individual issues/understanding either individual better
• Mental health issues, IPV

Question 3

What is Solution-Focused Couple’s Therapy?

Answer 3

• goal oriented
• Focused on identifying resources clients have and using them
• Therapist provides or identifies concrete
  interventions/solutions

Question 4

What is Solution-Focused Couple’s Therapy best used for?

Worst used for?

Answer 4

• Finding solutions to specific couple
  problems
• Emergency response to couple problems

Worst used for:
People who want to understand – not
super interested in the “whys”

Question 5

Emotionally- Focused Couple
Therapy (EFCT)

Answer 5

• Identify the clients’ current dance (Observation and de- escalation)

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Question 6

Emotionally- Focused Couple
Therapy (EFCT)

Best used for?

Worst used for?

Answer 6

Fixing problems

Strengthening a relationship

Worst:
- Couples with IPV
- Couples who are seperating

Question 7

Foundation: case formulation highlighting
interactional sources of distress

Answer 7

1. Alter couple’s view of problem to be
   more objective and dyadic
2. Decrease emotion-driven, dysfunctional
   behaviour
3. Elicit emotion-based, vulnerable
   behaviours
4. Increase constructive communication
5. Promote strengths and reinforce gains