The clergy as marriage counselors: A service revisited

Mezydlo, Leonard; Wauck, LeRoy A.; Foley, Jeanne M.

doi:10.1007/bf01532832

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“…While there has been little empirical study of this question, in general we suspect that most of the variables associated with deterioration in individual (10,11,47,77) and group therapy (9,37,49) are also salient in marital and family therapy. Therapist variables appear to play a central role in the outcomes of marital and family therapies, especially those variables involving relationship-building skills (2,8,14,43,53,81). A particular therapist style also seems to increase the chances of negative therapeutic effects on marital-family therapy.…”

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Deterioration in Marital and Family Therapy: Empirical, Clinical, and Conceptual Issues

Gurman

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1978

Family Process

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Recent empirical evidence of deterioration during both nonbehavioral and behavioral marital and family therapy is presented. While the frequency of patient worsening in marital-family therapy does not appear to exceed that previously found for individual psychotherapy, the acceptability of the evidence for negative effects in the treatment of systems may be greater than that which exists for individual treatment. After examining the empirical evidence of negative effects in family therapy and some of the factors that influence their occurrence, the authors discuss some conceptual issues relevant to a definition of worsening in marital and family therapy and present some methodological guidelines for the assessment of deterioration in therapy with family systems. It is concluded that the study of deterioration processes in family therapy may aid the understanding of family change processes more generally.

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Deterioration in Marital and Family Therapy: Empirical, Clinical, and Conceptual Issues

Gurman

Kniskern

1978

Family Process

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“…Beyond keeping families in treatment, there is evidence that certain therapist behaviors, as assessed by trained judges (Thomlinson, 1974), clients (Beck & Jones, 1973;Burton & Kaplan, 1968;Mezydlo, Wanck, & Foley, 1973), and supervisors (Alexander, Barton, Schiavo, & Parsons, 1976) are related positively to treatment outcome. The most impressive evidence in this regard has been offered by Alexander et al (1976).…”

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The relationship between therapist behaviors and outcome for middle- and lower-class couples in marital therapy

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Treated a sample of 77 distressed middle‐ and lower‐class couples by 19 therapists using conjoint therapy. Batteries of tests that assessed marital satisfaction and communications skills were given pre‐and posttherapy plus 3 and 6 months later. Couple and therapist therapy behavior were assessed using audio tapes of interview sessions. A variety of sex and social class differences were found that correlated with therapy outcome. The overall thrust of the findings suggests that no one marital therapy technique will be appropriate for the different sexes and with those of different SES backgrounds.

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“…Christian counseling, like counsehg in general, requires a variety of special sklus, as clients may seek assistance from Christian counselors for a variety of reasons (Mezydlo et al, 1973). Many of the more common presenting issues that clients seek counseling from a religious counselor are those in the marriage and family area.…”

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