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A methodological approach to couples therapy using a conjoint relational drawing process for the description of and intervention with relational patterns and meaning‐attributions
Author(s) -
Elisa Molina María,
TapiaVillanueva Luis,
Fossa Pablo,
Pereira Ximena,
Aspillaga Carolina,
de la Puerta Sofía
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6427.12241
Subject(s) - psychology , viewpoints , attribution , intervention (counseling) , meaning (existential) , process (computing) , therapeutic relationship , psychotherapist , social psychology , computer science , art , psychiatry , visual arts , operating system
The consultants’ observation and understanding of relational patterns in couples therapy is a main therapeutic objective and a resource for change. The Conjoint Relational Drawing Process (CRDP) methodology uses a drawing technique to enable the display and efficient observation of relational patterns. It was designed to address the relational process in couples therapy. Two couples participated in making a conjoint drawing that was video‐recorded and later observed and analysed by the couple and the therapist and the researchers. The relational pattern descriptions and meaning attributions about the video‐recorded drawings were analysed in the therapeutic and research contexts. As a result, new perspectives regarding relational patterns and meaning attributions emerged, revealing modes of interaction that allowed new viewpoints about difficulties and ways forward. This approach for the clinical application of CRDP contributed to the evaluation and intervention in the couples’ therapy, and enabled issues to be defined early in the process.