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THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN COUPLES THERAPY: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION
Author(s) -
Christensen Lisa L.,
Russell Candyce S.,
Miller Richard B.,
Peterson Colleen M.
Publication year - 1998
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.1752-0606.1998.tb01074.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , affect (linguistics) , psychology , cognition , qualitative research , behavior change , psychotherapist , social psychology , developmental psychology , communication , computer science , sociology , psychiatry , social science , operating system
Open‐ended interviews with 24 couples therapy clients regarding their experience of the process of change revealed shifts in clusters of affect, communication, and cognition. Six additional contextual preconditions for change were also identified. The change process within couples was uniformly reported to be gradual.