Solution‐Focused Therapy for Families Coping with Suicide

Castro, Sahily de; Guterman, Jeffrey T.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2008.00055.x

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“…Prior to session one, couples completed an online assessment comprised of standardized self‐report measures assessing psychological well‐being, communication, feelings about one's partner, readiness for couple relationship change, and marital satisfaction. The intervention itself has five steps: (a) coconstructing goals (typically two to three), (b) identifying and amplifying exceptions (e.g., times when things have been better), (c) assigning tasks, (d) evaluating the effectiveness of the task, and (e) reevaluating the goals (de Castro & Guterman, ). During session one, couples and therapists reviewed assessments, coconstructed goals, discovered and amplified positive exceptions, and then coconstructed tasks that couples were asked to work on over 3 weeks.…”

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It Takes Two? An Exploration of Processes and Outcomes in a Two‐Session Couple Intervention

Bradford

Mock

Stewart

2015

J Marital Family Therapy

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Although relationship distress is common, couples often forego professional help due to concerns such as time constraints, financial costs, and stigma. The two-session relationship checkup is an alternative format of couple intervention developed to address these concerns. In this qualitative study, we interviewed 20 coupled participants and six clinicians to examine the checkup's processes and outcomes. The phenomenological themes that emerged revealed sequential processes by which this format works. Couple themes included client motivation, the therapeutic relationship, and therapeutic change in terms of perceptions and behaviors-particularly with regard to communication. Clinician data largely mirrored these themes. The results suggest the intervention addressed barriers to help-seeking and may be a viable selective option for at-risk couples.

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It Takes Two? An Exploration of Processes and Outcomes in a Two‐Session Couple Intervention

Bradford

Mock

Stewart

2015

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…Findings of the current research are consistent with the following studies: Stewart's research which showed that solution-focused couple therapy is effective on increasing relationship satisfaction, improving communicational skills and individual functions of couples; Eakes and colleagues research which indicated that solution-focused therapy changes the attitude of couples towards difficult conditions, creates a more positive view towards problems in couples, and strengthens their capabilities for coping with difficulties and problems [34,35]. In a research conducted by Christiansen on 24 couples, it was found that therapeutic experiences created by solution-focused approach have led to certain changes in their emotions, relationships and cognitions in their couple relationships [31]. Zimmerman, Prest .…”

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The effectiveness of brief solution-focused couple therapy (BSFCT) on reducing couple burnout

Davarniya¹,

Zahrakar²,

Nazari³

2018

J Research Health

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Brief solution-focused therapy is a collaborative and nonpathological approach for therapy emphasizing on finding the solution by the client with the help and collaboration of the therapist. The research was conducted to examine the effectiveness of brief solution-focused couple therapy in reducing couple burnout among women. The present research has been conducted by a semi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest and follow-up with control group design. The population of the present research included all the women who visited three counseling centers of the welfare organization and also mental helpers. After the initial screening, 30 women, whose scores were the highest in couple burnout questionnaire were selected as the study sample, and they were assigned into two experimental and control groups (15 participants per group). The data were gathered by Pines's couple burnout measure. The level of couple burnout was measured for the experimental and control group participants before experimental intervention (brief solution-focused couple therapy). Afterwards, the experimental group received the brief solution-focused couple therapy for 7 sessions of 1.5-hour in groups, but the control group received no intervention. Also, the experimental group participated in a follow-up session approximately 5 weeks after the last therapy session. Results showed that brief solution-focused couple therapy has been able to significantly reduce couple burnout in the posttest stage and in the follow-up stage. Brief solution-focused couple therapy can be used for reducing marital problems among couples.

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“…How can you recognize your problem has been solved? These questions help the clients find different solutions for their problems and can be an important step in the process of change (24). The scale questions not only help them make progress but also help the couIran J Psychiatry Behav Sci.…”

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Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Therapy on Married Couples’ Burnout

Mirzavand

Riahi

Mirzavand

et al. 2016

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Couple burnout results from plethora of non-realistic expectations, irrational thoughts, past awareness and understanding of each other's needs and wide difference of couples past expectations and reality. Objectives: The present research was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of solution-focused therapy on couple burnout among couples referred to Shahryar city court for divorce. Materials and Methods:The population included all couples referred to this court during the month of May, 2014. The sample consisted of 20 couples, who were selected via convenience method and then randomly assigned to two groups for this study. The instrument used in this study was Pines' couple burnout scale. The design of this study was pretest-posttest with a control group. All subjects answered the scale, and then the experimental group received intervention of Solution-focused therapy for eight, ninetyminute sessions. At posttest stage, the two groups answered the scale again. Data of this research were analyzed by the method of multiple covariance analysis. Results: The result of this study showed that solution-focused therapy decreased couple burnout of the experimental group compared with the control group. Conclusions: Solution-focused therapy decreased couple burnout among couple referred to Shahriar city court for divorce.

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Solution‐Focused Therapy for Families Coping with Suicide

Cited by 23 publications

References 42 publications

It Takes Two? An Exploration of Processes and Outcomes in a Two‐Session Couple Intervention

It Takes Two? An Exploration of Processes and Outcomes in a Two‐Session Couple Intervention

The effectiveness of brief solution-focused couple therapy (BSFCT) on reducing couple burnout

Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Therapy on Married Couples’ Burnout

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