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AFFECT IN MARITAL THERAPY
Author(s) -
Greenberg Leslie S.,
Johnson Susan M.
Publication year - 1986
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.1752-0606.1986.tb00630.x
Subject(s) - marital therapy , affect (linguistics) , psychology , psychotherapist , evocation , action (physics) , cognition , social psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , sociology , communication , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , anthropology
Affect has been conceptualized in various ways. These conceptualizations have influenced the manner in which emotion is dealt with in marital therapy. Using a network theory of emotion, the role of the evocation of emotion in emotionally focused marital therapy to create intimacy and facilitate conflict resolution is discussed. Accessing underlying primary emotional responses in partners makes available adaptive action tendencies which promote problem solving and helps change self‐ and relationship definitions. The role of emotion in creating change in cognitions, motivation and communication patterns in marital therapy is discussed.