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The article by Gottman, Gottman, and Atkins (2011) describes an intervention for distressed couples where one partner is deployed overseas. Are there specific interventions they use that you can imagine applying to other couple situations or stresses? For example, can you see how parts of this approach might be useful for situations such as chronic illness in one partner, immigration, or new adoptive parents? What adaptations might you need to make?
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This solution recommends an intervention based on the of a Family system model that reflect a military deployment intervention.
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Gottman, J. S. Gottman, & Atkins (2011) ), assert that professionals working with military families can serve by assisting partners in resolving problems, building trust via a relationship approach. The focus is on trust and connection among the couples; and marital enrichment. They assert that the greatest benefit from such an intervention is emphasized communication between partners. Moreover, dyadic form of voluntary interventions to strengthen relationships. A similar problem in relationship dynamics occurs in family dynamics. Thus, a Family system intervention approach would be applicable for either chronic illness, new adoptive parents or immigration. For example, Strategic Family therapy (BSFT, Haley, 1991as cited in Archer & McCarthy, 2007) is based on a brief assessment of a family's current relational patterns.
Relationships are viewed as useful because the family structure is organized ways to solve the entire family's existing problem. These patterns protect the family from the threat of dysfunction or breakup. Haley held that therapeutic change occurs when a family's dysfunctional protective patterns are interrupted. In their article regarding the impact of military deployment on the family, Gottman et al (2011) advocated that the focus should be on relationships involving a couple and/family—not the individual solider. The family ...
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