Couples' Experience of Enactments and Softening in Marital Therapy 1 |
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| Authors: | Lotta G. Andersson Mark H. Butler Ryan B. Seedall |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Red Rock Canyon School , St. George, Utah, USA;2. Brigham Young University , Provo, Utah, USA;3. High Country Counseling and Resource Centers , Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Beginning therapists are not prepared to deal with the complexity that families bring to the therapeutic setting and have a reductionistic approach to understanding what is occurring in a family. In order to move beyond a simplified approach, therapists with the assistance of a supervisor have the power to leave the security of their own being and can learn to take risks. This paper explores the development of a “therapeutic story” with the goal of assisting the beginning therapist in approaches that can be utilized to incorporate all available resources that will help to empower a family to change. |
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