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LEAVING THE CONSULTING ROOM TO PROVOKE ENACTMENT IN MARITAL THERAPY *
Author(s) -
Hamburg Sam R.
Publication year - 1985
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.1752-0606.1985.tb00609.x
Subject(s) - facilitator , marital therapy , psychotherapist , psychology , social psychology
Enactment of emotionally intense, intimate behaviors is often important in marital therapy. But clients' concerns for privacy and their dependence on the therapist as a facilitator of communication can deter them from exhibiting such behavior in the therapist's presence. By walking out of the consulting room, the therapist can stimulate the enactment that would have been inhibited otherwise. Three case examples illustrate the technique. Specific points of procedure are considered, and the technique's limitations and risks are noted.