I, Thou, and We: A Dialogical Approach to Couples Therapy

Fishbane, Mona DeKoven

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1998.tb01062.x

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“…It was anticipated that morally responsive therapists would experience moments of awe or wonder when clients exceeded the therapist's conceptions and expectations. An I-Thou stance facilitates an openness to being surprised and appreciative of another (Fishbane, 1998). In our research, this occurred for both clients and therapists.…”

Section: Morally Responsive Relational Phenomenamentioning

confidence: 78%

“…This study defines it as the degree of truthfulness with which a person is able to respond to another and the sense of responsibility that comes when experiencing the alterity of the Other. Moral responsiveness might be called a "way of being," with similarities to Buber's "I-Thou" position (Fishbane, 1998;Warner, 2001). A morally responsive therapist has the attitude described by the Levinasian term primacy of the Other, showing a concern for all that pertains to the Other.…”

Section: Morality and Moral Responsivenessmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Therapists and researchers (e.g., Doherty, 1995;Fishbane, 1998;Kunz, 2002) are recognizing a need for more discussion of moral issues. In addition, methodological and philosophical developments allow questions of morality in therapy to be asked more directly than ever before (Denzin & Lincoln, 2000;Peterson & Seligman, 2004).…”

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Moral Responsiveness and Discontinuity in Therapy: A Qualitative Study

Whiting

Nebeker²,

Fife

2005

Counseling and Values

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Phenomenological qualitative methods were used to identify and describe moral elements in therapeutic relationships. Using the relational philosophy of E. Levinas (1961Levinas ( /1969Levinas ( , 1979Levinas ( /1987 as a base, data in which therapists and clients identified and described morally responsive experiences in therapy sessions were analyzed. These moments were often unexpected and included categories of surprise, interruption, willingness to change, and clarifications/repairs. Additional moral phenomena related to therapists' attitudes included asymmetrical indebtedness, attitude of serving, and tentativeness of diagnosis. Identified moments of moral responsiveness were frequently associated with clients' progress in therapy. This suggests that conceptually smooth and uninterrupted therapy may be less helpful than therapy that is discontinuous and able to change in the moment.

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Section: Morally Responsive Relational Phenomenamentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Morality and Moral Responsivenessmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Moral Responsiveness and Discontinuity in Therapy: A Qualitative Study

Whiting

Nebeker²,

Fife

2005

Counseling and Values

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“…The model's emphasis on inclusion in dialogue and its description of therapeutic change being associated with a shift from competitive to collaborative relationships is also found in Fishbane's (1998) Buber-informed (e.g., 1958Buber-informed (e.g., , 1965) dialogical approach to couple therapy.…”

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A Case Study Investigating Whether the Process of Resolving Interpersonal Problems in Couple Therapy Is Isomorphic to the Process of Resolving Problems in Individual Therapy

Schielke

Stiles

Cuellar

et al. 2011

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The assimilation model of therapeutic change describes the self as comprised of multiple internal voices (mental states), and tracks the development of understanding and joint action between those voices in successful psychotherapies. This model has been constructed from studies of individual therapy, and has generally focused on intrapersonal change. The emotion-focused, couple therapy case presented here involving Sarah and Mark was studied using an iterative, team-based approach to theory-building case-study research to (1) assess whether the process of resolving interpersonal problems in couple therapy is isomorphic to the process of assimilation in individual therapy and, if possible, and to (2) extend the model's ability to describe the process of resolving interpersonal problems. Observations supported the hypothesis that intra-and interpersonal problems resolve in ways that are isomorphic to one another: The patterns of perception, emotion, communication, and action observed during the process of resolving interpersonal problems were consistent with those observed in intrapersonal problem resolution in previous assimilation model research. As the couple developed mutual understandings and increasingly engaged in cooperative action, previously excluded aspects of one another's experience came to be increasingly included (i.e., valued and influential) in each partners' meaning-and decision-making. This parallels the increasing inclusion of previously avoided experience observed in successful individual treatments. Case observations are presented, and clinical and research implications are discussed.

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“…Buber is reported to have stated the therapeutic relationship lacks the dynamic of mutuality necessary for a true I-Thou relationship (Baldwin 1987). Others, however, see in Buber's paradigm a construct that is descriptive of the level of engagement and personal presence which reflects the processes of acceptance and confirmation that characterize good therapy (Baldwin 1987;Fishbane 1998;Potts 1994;Rogers 1980). The view advanced in this paper is that Buber's 'I-Thou' concept can be usefully employed as a means of understanding the ethical and reciprocal nature of the client/therapist dialogue when issues of spirituality emerge in therapy.…”

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A Dialogical Model for Engaging Spirituality in Therapy

Mutter

Neves²

2008

Clin Soc Work J

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This article addresses the issue of engaging client diversity in therapeutic practice by elaborating a dialogical model of engagement that is sensitive to and inclusive of the spiritual dimension in the therapeutic encounter. Drawing on Martin Buber's writings on the 'I-Thou' relationship, the concept of intersubjectivity, research on spirituality in therapy, and the authors' clinical experiences of collaboratively engaging the spiritual dimension in therapy, strategies of engagement are critically examined. Treatment benefits of practices that facilitate the inclusion of client spiritual values and beliefs in the therapeutic conversation are explored and potential therapeutic pitfalls are identified.

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I, Thou, and We: A Dialogical Approach to Couples Therapy

Cited by 48 publications

References 17 publications

Moral Responsiveness and Discontinuity in Therapy: A Qualitative Study

Moral Responsiveness and Discontinuity in Therapy: A Qualitative Study

A Case Study Investigating Whether the Process of Resolving Interpersonal Problems in Couple Therapy Is Isomorphic to the Process of Resolving Problems in Individual Therapy

A Dialogical Model for Engaging Spirituality in Therapy

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