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THE INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS AND TREATMENT OF DUAL TRAUMA COUPLES
Author(s) -
Balcom Dennis
Publication year - 1996
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.1752-0606.1996.tb00218.x
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , psychology , interpersonal relationship , psychological intervention , psychotherapist , dynamics (music) , clinical psychology , interpersonal psychotherapy , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , randomized controlled trial , pedagogy , surgery
Many trauma survivor dyads pose intense challenges for couples and marital therapists. Interpersonal reactivity, transference, emotional withdrawal, and associated responses complicate these difficult yet often rewarding cases. Unique aspects and interpersonal dynamics of these couples include specific themes, characteristics, and patterns. Treatment approaches focus on the systemic influences of trauma on interpersonal dynamics and offer interventions to challenge disruptive interactions, attend to the original traumas, and develop healthy relationship patterns.