En-Gendering the Couple-Deity Relationship: Clinical Implications of Power and Process |
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| Authors: | Brandt C Gardner Mark H Butler Ryan B Seedall |
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| Institution: | (1) Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA;(2) Marriage and Family Therapy, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA;(3) Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA |
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| Abstract: | Spiritual practices are increasingly accommodated by therapists working with religious couples. While research documents potential
benefits, spiritual practices such as prayer may invoke an interpretive couple-God relationship distorted by pathogenic processes
in one or both spouses. A survey administered to 78 religious couples examined the influence of power/gender as it relates
to couples’ harmful triangulation with Deity. Results suggest that harmful triangulation with Deity does occur to some degree
in couple relationships, that there are significant differences by gender, and that spouses’ tendencies to triangulate are
correlated with one another. We discuss these results from a systemic-feminist perspective, and offer some clinical applications
for working with religious couples.
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| Keywords: | Gender Marital therapy Power Spirituality Triangulation |
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