What is couples therapy? What types are there? Discover the importance of reviewing the couple and being able to improve the awareness of the members.
As a guiding definition of “the couple” we can use the one that the authors Campo and Linares (2002) propose: “Two people from different families, generally of a different gender, who decide to bond emotionally to share a common project, which includes supporting and offering important things to each other, in their own space that excludes others but interacts with the social environment.“.
What is couples therapy and what are its benefits?
The couple therapy It is therapy focused on achieving the well-being of the two members who have a loving relationship. The models of established couples and dynamics can be based on a multitude of aspects from difference and the sexual division of labor, equality, falling in love and hedonism: search for pleasure and comfort in the need to delimit individual territories, gender roles, etc
Gender strictly regulates behavior; gender is no longer a clear reference for role and hierarchy; gender roles can be reversed or alternated. When we talk about a couple Having a certain maturity means that those inner children that each adult has inside with their wounds are more aware and does not imply reactive responses in the relationship. Myths, beliefs and distorted thoughts about fantasies created far from reality and acceptance are reviewed, recognizing differences with the ability to know how to love and know what a healthy couple means, trying to evolve as people and recognizing and accepting limitations, respecting individualities, recognizing differences and maintaining common objectives, facing fears and models not based on emotional dependencies.
The healthy couple model assumes that each person, from their essence and abilities, gives the best of themselves, seeking balance and also in order to enrich the other person who shares life where each person, from their essence and abilities, tries to give. the best to enrich the lives of others.
Types of couples therapy
The couple therapy It deals with suffering like any request for psychological help. There are different types of couples therapy:
Individual: that the person seeking help may present due to their life history, personality or situation in which they find themselves. This suffering can affect the couple.
Couple or group: that appears as long as we are part of couples, families, groups, etc. and there is an interaction problem in the system.
When we talk about the couple therapy It may be that one of the parties wants a change so that the couple works better or feels that they are not balanced or that the couple themselves are having difficulty moving forward in their relationship.
When a couple asks for help, they do so because they perceive certain dysfunctions in their functioning. Villegas and Mallor (2010), every crisis represents a fracture in the organization of the system. This fracture can lead to a broader and more complex reorganization of the system or threaten its viability and continuity.
Crisis in the couple
The crisis They can have an evolutionary or structural character. The couple Over the years it goes through different phases, like any system, they pose crises to grow if you live to learn. Sometimes it may happen that there may be a crisis phase or disagreements that the couple cannot resolve on their own and hence the figure of an expert therapist to help raise awareness of the dysfunctional situation and the possible alternatives to be able to move forward or make decisions about the decision of the future of the couple.
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