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18 pages in length. Counseling troubled marriage partners incorporates myriad components found in a number of therapeutic theories, all of which seek to culminate in a resolution whereby both the husband and wife can learn and grow by working through various stages of the respective theory. The chosen theory applied in marriage counseling is based primarily upon the issues creating the couple's strife; whether communicative or behavioral, therapeutic theories delve deeply into why the partners cannot resolve the problem on their own. Family, Gestalt and cognitive-behavioral therapies are discussed. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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working through various stages of the respective theory. The chosen theory applied in marriage counseling is based primarily upon the issues creating the couples strife; whether communicative or behavioral,
therapeutic theories delve deeply into why the partners cannot resolve the problem on their own. All couples have conflicts or disagreements at times. The difference between a happily married
(or otherwise committed) couple and an unhappy union most frequently involves the ability to discuss and resolve those differences in a positive manner that respects the interests and needs of
each individual (Jaffe et al, 2007). II. GESTALT The holistic component of Gestalt addresses every aspect of the couples composition, both together and as individuals. This comprehensive approach
serves to fill the void of therapies that focus upon only certain segments of a problem or person; the underlying composition is such that if the person or couple is
not whole in both body and mind, the therapeutic process cannot truly lead them to a healing place. The components of Gestalt therapy include many interactive elements that compel
clients to become active in their own healing rather than remain inert in the chair while the counselor talks at - instead of with - them. Primary application includes
active (empathetic) listening, elucidation, learning how to communicate effectively, encouraging expression of said communication, role playing and establishing therapeutic alliance (expounded upon later in this paper) (Jaffe et al, 2007).
Gestalts basic principle revolves around clients being in tuned with their internal components such as reasoning, beliefs, thoughts, ideas and knowledge that have often been severed amidst the emotional turmoil.
To be in touch with ones sense of consciousness is to in sync ones emotions as a human being. Lending to this realization is how mans perception is
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