Description
To prepare for this Discussion:
- Review this week’s Learning Resources.
- Consider the approaches to intervention that are discussed for working with couples affected by various issues, including those related to gender, cultural, and spiritual dynamics.
- Reflect on the preventative techniques discussed and how these might be used as both prevention and intervention therapy at different points in relationships.
- Review the case studies provided in the Introduction area, and consider intervention techniques or approaches you might apply in one of them.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 a brief description of two intervention techniques or approaches that you might apply to your choice of one of the two cases above. Explain how and why you would apply each technique or approach in the case you selected.
- Course Text: Wetchler, J. L., & Hecker, L. L., & (Eds.). (2015). An introduction to marriage and family therapy. (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
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- Chapter 11, “Couple Therapy” (pp. 359-400)
- Chapter 12, “Communication Training, Marriage Enrichment, and Premarital Counseling” (pp. 401-430)
- Chapter 13, “Sexual Disorders and Sex Therapy” (pp. 439-467 only)
- For review: Chapter 3, “Contextual Issues in Marriage and Family Therapy: Gender, Culture, and Spirituality” (pp. 65-116)
Week 10 Case Studies
Case 1:
Tanya and Nicole have been in a relationship for two years. They have bought a new home
together, share finances, and have begun talking about options for beginning a family. Tanya has
a great relationship with her parents and sibling, who are accepting of her sexual orientation and
her relationship with Nicole. Tanya has no barriers in her profession and feels comfortable with
her identity as a lesbian. Nicole is not openly gay in her profession or her family of origin,
however. She lives 200 miles from her parents and has told them she has a female roommate.
Tanya has indicated that she will not start a family with Nicole until she comes out to her family of
origin. Nicole indicates that her family would reject her and her lifestyle. They have entered
counseling in order to help resolve this conflict.
Case 2:
John and Sandra Wilson have been married for 12 years. They married immediately after they
graduated from high school. John works at the local factory and earns good wages from working
overtime. Sandra worked as a homemaker and took care of their children—William, 10, and
Regina, 8—until they began school. For the past two years, Sandra has worked as a receptionist
at the school—a nice arrangement, as her workday coincides with the children’s school day.
Sandra is very involved with her children’s activities and attends all of their sports and school
functions. As John works overtime whenever possible, he is not able to attend many of the
children’s functions. His goal is to make enough money to cover the family expenses, which
increased after building a new house. John and Sandra have begun to argue over money and
John is pressuring Sandra to find a job that pays more. Sandra does not want a job that will
interfere with the time she devotes to her children. John often is frustrated, however, with how
much energy Sandra puts into the children’s lives at the expense of spending time with or
devoting energy to him. Sandra’s response is always the same: “The children are only young
once. I can spend time with you when they are older.” As arguments around these issues seem
to be escalating, the couple has decided to enter counseling. As a result of their first counseling
session, the counselor identifies lack of nurturance of the relationship and financial/daily stressors
as their biggest complaints.
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Case 1:
Tanya and Nicole have been in a relationship for two years. They have bought a new home
together, share finances, and have begun talking about options for beginning a family. Tanya has
a great relationship with her parents and sibling, who are accepting of her sexual orientation and
her relationship with Nicole. Tanya has no barriers in her profession and feels comfortable with
her identity as a lesbian. Nicole is not openly gay in her profession or her family of origin,
however. She lives 200 miles from her parents and has told them she has a female roommate.
Tanya has indicated that she will not start a family with Nicole until she comes out to her family of
origin. Nicole indicates that her family would reject her and her lifestyle. They have entered
counseling in order to help resolve this conflict.
Case 2:
John and Sandra Wilson have been married for 12 years. They married immediately after they
graduated from high school. John works at the local factory and earns good wages from working
overtime. Sandra worked as a homemaker and took care of their children—William, 10, and
Regina, 8—until they began school. For the past two years, Sandra has worked as a receptionist
at the school—a nice arrangement, as her workday coincides with the children’s school day.
Sandra is very involved with her children’s activities and attends all of their sports and school
functions. As John works overtime whenever possible, he is not able to attend many of the
children’s functions. His goal is to make enough money to cover the family expenses, which
increased after building a new house. John and Sandra have begun to argue over money and
John is pressuring Sandra to find a job that pays more. Sandra does not want a job that will
interfere with the time she devotes to her children. John often is frustrated, however, with how
much energy Sandra puts into the children’s lives at the expense of spending time with or
devoting energy to him. Sandra’s response is always the same: “The children are only young
once. I can spend time with you when they are older.” As arguments around these issues seem
to be escalating, the couple has decided to enter counseling. As a result of their first counseling
session, the counselor identifies lack of nurturance of the relationship and financial/daily stressors
as their biggest complaints.
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