Schema Therapy with Couples: A Practitioner's Guide to Healing Relationships by Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco & Eckhard Roediger & Bruce A. Stevens

Author:Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco & Eckhard Roediger & Bruce A. Stevens [Simeone-DiFrancesco, Chiara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781118972717
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2015-07-23T04:00:00+00:00

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9 Bottom-up is a grounded approach, from observable facts to more abstract concepts. Top-down is, of course, the reverse.

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Interventions in Couple Treatment

Progress in ST usually proceeds from cognitive, to experiential, and finally to more behavioral interventions (Farrell & Shaw, 2012). In this chapter, we look at a range of interventions commonly practiced in ST, including imagery work with limited re-parenting, mode chair-work, couple re-parenting through the use of language, and behavioral pattern breaking.

The couple will usually arrive for a session emotionally activated. This is an opportunity for an emotional focus. Young (2012) recommended that therapists look for a prototypical conflict in the couple relationship. Usually, this is an example of a repeating conflict. A recent incident in the couple relationship will often become the focus of a session. Initially, allow the argument to continue for some minutes (until you detect the mode cycle), because this will indicate their way of mismanaging conflict and display coping modes. ST tends to begin with more of an emphasis on feelings and empathy than on problem solving (Kellogg & Young, 2006). Eventually, problem solving is based on case conceptualization using mode maps and mode cycle clash-cards, followed by emotional reconnection.

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