Marital Therapy: Strategies Based on Social Learning and Behavior Exchange Principles

activities addition agree agreement approach areas asked assessment attempt avoid become beginning behav behavior change benefits Betty Chapter clients clinical cognitive collaborative communication continue contract couple's couples depressed described desirable differences difficult direct discussion distressed effective efforts engage evaluation example exchange expectations experience expressed feelings Finally focus function goals going his/her husband immediate important improve increase initial instructions interaction intervention interview involved learning least less maintain marital therapy marriage measures ment necessary negative observations occur outcome particular partner person pleasing positive possible practice present problem problem-solving procedures punishing question reason receive regarding reinforcement relationship reported request response result satisfaction session sexual simply situation skills solving specific spouses statements stimuli strategies studies successful suggest task therapist things tion treatment usually week wife