Multi-Couple Reflecting Team: Preliminary Report

The aim of therapeutic help in marital crisis is to break the vicious circle of mutual hurtful accusations. The method that the authors present below involves a group of couples working within a closed cycle of meetings. In the course of successive group meetings, the various couples act as reflecti...

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Published inJournal of marital and family therapy Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 287 - 297
Main Authors De Barbaro, Bogdan, Drożdżowicz, Lucyna, Janusz, Bernadetta, Gdowska, Katarzyna, Dembińska, Edyta, Kołbik, Ilona, Furgał, Mariusz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2008
Subjects
Acting
Adult
Anecdotes as Topic
Communication
Constructivism (Learning)
Couples
Crisis Intervention
Family Counseling
Feedback
Female
Group Dynamics
Group Processes
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Marital Therapy - methods
Marriage - psychology
Meetings
Narratives
Patient Satisfaction
Psychotherapy, Group - methods
Reflection
Resistance (Psychology)
Spouses - psychology
Teams
Therapists
Therapy
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:The aim of therapeutic help in marital crisis is to break the vicious circle of mutual hurtful accusations. The method that the authors present below involves a group of couples working within a closed cycle of meetings. In the course of successive group meetings, the various couples act as reflecting teams (RTs) for each other. This achieves two objectives: the couple recounting their crisis receives nonthreatening feedback, which helps them to implement positive changes and break out of the self‐perpetuating destructive interaction. In addition, the couples acting as the RT learn nonjudgmental, nontheorizing and affirmative communication.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-M50FS74F-P
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Bogdan de Barbaro, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Lucyna Drożdżowicz, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Bernadetta Janusz, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Katarzyna Gdowska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Edyta Dembińska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Ilona Kołbik, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland; Mariusz Furgał, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
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ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00073.x