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Mending broken bonds in military couples using emotionally focused therapy for couples: Tips and discoveries
Author(s) -
Wen Irina,
Price Laura E.,
Spray Amanda M.,
Marmar Charles R.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22921
Subject(s) - psychology , military service , psychotherapist , face (sociological concept) , military personnel , population , service member , solution focused brief therapy , affect (linguistics) , process (computing) , service (business) , clinical psychology , medicine , political science , social science , economy , environmental health , communication , sociology , law , economics , computer science , operating system
Military families face specific challenges related to military service, deployments, separations, and coming together. The process of reintegration back to civilian life can be challenged by posttraumatic stress and other readjustment difficulties that can affect not only the veteran but the family as a whole. Strengthening bonds and relationships is an important step in recovery. In this paper, the authors review the application of emotionally focused therapy to couples therapy with military couples and identify factors that can facilitate the therapeutic process with this unique population.