Volume 2, Issue 2 (3-2017)                   FPJ 2017, 2(2): 67-82 | Back to browse issues page

XML Persian Abstract Print

Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Yoosefi N, Nasiri Hanis G, Zademohammadi A. Enriching couples' relationship in relationship enhancement model. FPJ 2017; 2 (2) :67-82
URL: http://fpcej.ir/article-1-137-en.html
Enriching couples' relationship in relationship enhancement model
Naser Yoosefi1 , Ghaffar Nasiri Hanis 2, Ali Zademohammadi3
1- Family Counseling Department, Kurdestan University, Sanandaj, Iran.
2- Ph.D. student of psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
3- Associate Professor of Family Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (10919 Views)

Relationship Enhancement Couples Therapy (RECT) is a part of the family therapies sets that have codification with purpose to enabling any counselor and therapist to implement the RE therapy processes effectively work with couples. Relationship Enhancement Couples Therapy contains theory, application, and new techniques to treat the couple' relationship. This therapeutic method is based on the Relationship Enhancement Model; a model that was developed by Bernard G. Guerney in 1962. This paper aims to introduce the method of "Relationship enhancement therapy: healing through deep empathy and intimate dialogue" and by applying descriptive-analytical method. Recognition of part of the scope of Relationship Enhancement Model Recognition of a part of the range of Relationship Enhancement Model, make possible the better utilization of it by counselors and psychologists. Evidence suggests that using Relationship Enhancement Model could be easy and useful by Iranian specialists to help couples who want a better relationship.

Keywords: Relationship Enhancement, couple therapy, Bernard Guerney
Full-Text [PDF 818 kb]   (2972 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
References
1. Bornsheuer, J. N., & Watts, R. E. (2012). Play Therapy and Parent Consultation: A Review of Best Practices. Ideas and Research You Can Use: VISTAS. Article XX, 1-10. Available from: Richard E. Watts Retrieved on: 22 April 2016.
2. Fowers BJ., Blaine J. (2001). The limits of a technical concept of a good marriage: exploring the role of virtue incommunication skills. J Marital Fam Ther. 27: 327- 340.
3. Fukuchi, N., Kakizaki, M., & Sugawara, Y. (2013). Association of marital status with the incidence of suicide: A population-based Cohort Study in Japan (Miyagi cohort study). Journal of Affective Disorders. 150(3), 879-885.
4. Scuka, R. F. (2015). A Clinician's Guide to Helping Couples Heal from the Trauma of Infidelity. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions. 14:141–168, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1533-2691 print / 1533-2683 online DOI: 10.1080/15332691.2014.953653
5. Scuka. R. F. (2010). That's Just Who I Am”: How the Ambiguities of Language Influence Our Concept of Personality and Negatively Impact Couple Relationships. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy: Innovations in Clinical and Educational Interventions. 9 (1) 16-30
6. Scuka. R. F. (2012). Repairing a relationship imperiled by infidelity: combining individual work, Relationship Enhancement couple therapy and guided visualization to break through an emotional impasse. Original papers. Sexual and Relationship Therapy.27 (4), 335-343.
7. Scuka. R. F. (2011). The radical nature of the relationship enhancement expressive skill and its implications for therapy and psycho education.The Family Journal, 19 (1), 30-35.
8. Scuka, R.F. (2005). Relationship Enhancement Therapy: Healing Through Deep Empathy and Intimate Dialogue. New York:RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group.
9. Vosslera, A., & Mollerb, N. P. (2014). “The relationship past can't be the future”: couple counsellors' experiences of working with infidelity. Sexual and Relationship Therapy. 29 (4), 424-435.
10. Yalcin, B. M., Karahan, T. F., (2007). Effects of a Couple Communication Program on Marital Adjustment. J Am Board Fam Med, 20(1). 36-44.
Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2024 CC BY-NC 4.0 | Family Pathology, Counseling and Enrichment Journal

Designed & Developed by : Yektaweb