A psychodynamic approach to short-term couples therapy in clinical social work : some aspects of the combined conjoint-concurrent technique

In this dissertation, the writer explores and supports the validity of clinical social wor·k practitioners applying planned therapeutic intervention procedures to couples who are in distress. Written in two parts, this paper is esentially a review of selected literature on the efficacy of social work psychotherapv with couples. Couple therapy, which deals with the two individuals per se and not merely with their interaction, enhances the treatment of both partners. Several intervention strategies are noted by the writer, all of which attempt to alter both individual dynamics and that of the couples relationship. The writer has chosen a "fusion model" comprising of the intra and inter-personal intervention strategies. The therapeutic format of choice proposed by the writer favours a time-limited psychodynamic approach which operates through the medium of a combined concurrent-conjoint technique.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Social Development

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Leibowitz, Michael S

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Orten, James D

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21884

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/21884