Treating Challenging Couples Cases

Most psychology graduate programs give only cursory attention to family, couple, and systems therapy, creating a need for well-trained providers. Even though common modalities exist that can help most couples improve or make clearer decisions about their relationship, these evidence-based modalities require providers to seek out specialized training. This article discusses the best evidence-based treatments for addressing couple issues in therapy, identifies common types of challenging couple cases and how to treat them, while discussing how to receive optimal training. Copyright 2023.

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• Describe the best evidence-based treatments for addressing couple issues in therapy.
• Identify common types of challenging couple cases and ways of treating them.
• Discuss optimal training levels in couples therapy, how to receive such training, and gaps in the field.

Tori Deangelis

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