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20 - Couples Discord

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2025

By
Matthew D. Johnson  and
Erin F. Reto
Edited by
Stephen Hupp  and
David F. Tolin
Stephen Hupp
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
David F. Tolin
Affiliation:
Institute of Living
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Summary

The target of couple therapy is a couple’s intimate relationship, and treatment involves one of the variations of behavioral couple therapy. Credible components of treatment include early assessment of goals and commitment, measurement-based care, and focusing on positive exchanges between partners. A sidebar discusses preventative interventions, and another sidebar explores self-directed and brief programs. The chapter also discusses the assessment of intimate partner violence.

Keywords

couple therapybehavioral couple therapyintimate relationshipsassessment of commitmentmeasurement-based carepositive exchanges between partnersintimate partner violencescience-based therapy
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Science-Based Therapy
Raising the Bar for Empirically Supported Treatments
 , pp. 364 - 380
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Useful Resources

An approach to treating relationship distress by watching movies: www.rochester.edu/news/divorce-rate-cut-in-half-for-couples-who-discussed-relationship-movies/

An efficacious online self-directed couple therapy: www.ourrelationship.com/

EFT, another efficacious couple therapy: http://iceeft.com/

IBCT, an efficacious couple therapy: https://ibct.psych.ucla.edu/

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