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STRUCTURED MARITAL SEPARATION AS A MARITAL TREATMENT METHOD *
Author(s) -
Granvold Donald K.,
Tarrant Roxanne
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1983.tb01499.x
Subject(s) - separation (statistics) , marital separation , distress , sexual contact , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , computer science , family medicine , gonorrhea , machine learning , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
This article describes therapist‐structured marital separation for distressed couples during their critical period of deciding whether to divorce or remain married. Characteristics of marital distress appropriate for structured marital separation are identified and discussed; potential benefits are explicated; and the design of the separation contract is specified. Issues addressed in the structure of the separation include the duration of the separation; the frequency of contact between partners; sexual contact between partners; dating; sexual contact with others; privacy; and contact with children.