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Staging Reciprocal Metaphors in a Couples Group
Author(s) -
PAPP PEGGY
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1982.00453.x
Subject(s) - reciprocal , theme (computing) , relation (database) , spouse , group (periodic table) , metaphor , psychology , reciprocal inhibition , social psychology , epistemology , sociology , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , anthropology , chemistry , organic chemistry , database , operating system , neuroscience , inhibitory postsynaptic potential
This paper describes an approach to couples therapy based on defining the reciprocal positions of each spouse in relation to a central theme. These positions and the theme around which they are organized are crystallized into visible forms through staged metaphors. When studied in relation to one another, the metaphors provide a holistic view of the relationship and are used as an artifice for change.