Name of Treatment Model
Insight-oriented couple therapy
Introduction
Diverse interpretive or insight-oriented approaches to examining maladaptive relationship patterns can be placed on a continuum from traditional psychoanalytic techniques rooted primarily in object relations theory to schema-based interventions derived from more traditional cognitive theory. These approaches vary in the extent to which they emphasize the unconscious nature of individuals’ relational patterns, the developmental period during which these maladaptive patterns are acquired, and the extent to which interpersonal anxieties derive from frustration of innate drives. However, these approaches all share the assumption that maladaptive relationship patterns are likely to continue until they are explored and understood in a developmental context. This new understanding serves to reduce the couple’s attendant...
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Snyder, D.K. (2018). Insight-Oriented Couple Therapy. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_196-1
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