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THE RELATIONSHIP CHART — A recording and therapeutic process
Author(s) -
Jordan Peter K
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1989.tb00746.x
Subject(s) - chart , blame , focus (optics) , psychology , process (computing) , marital separation , social psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , statistics , mathematics , physics , optics , operating system
Those affected by a marital separation are inclined to talk about who caused the marriage to end, with blame being widely apportioned. In seeking to help clients come to terms with marital separation, the author developed a process involving the building of The Relationship Chart. The Relationship Chart presents in visual form a record of the couple's relationship. Satir uses a family life chronology to change the focus from an identified client to a family relationships focus. Similarly The Relationship Chart process endeavours to change the focus from blaming others to one in which the partners can focus on their mutual responsibility for their own separation.