Research illuminating which therapist techniques are used in care-as-usual
couple therapy, and under what circumstances, can contribute to a fuller understanding
of how therapy works. The overall goal of the present study was to better understand
care-as-usual couple therapy by investigating session-by-session techniques and session
content to determine how therapists modify them based on the timing of the session and
couples? pre-treatment characteristics. A total of 123 heterosexual couples were
examined.
Therapists frequently used acceptance techniques and discussion of recent or
ongoing conflict or problem. Therapists typically used the same levels of techniques and
session contents over a course of therapy. In addition, there were relatively few
predictors of change in therapy techniques and session content.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-214 |
| Date | 14 January 2010 |
| Creators | Hsueh, Annie C. |
| Contributors | Doss, Brian D. |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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