RESEARCH ARTICLE
Implications of Couple Therapy Profession on Therapists’ Spousal Relations
Hadas Doron*
Tel Hai Academic College, Israel.
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 2
First Page: 31
Last Page: 39
Publisher Id: TOFAMSJ-2-31
DOI: 10.2174/1874922400902010031
Article History:
Received Date: 29/12/2008Revision Received Date: 28/2/2009
Acceptance Date: 6/3/2009
Electronic publication date: 1/4/2009
Collection year: 2009
© 2009 Hadas Doron;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The profession of psychotherapy is included in those occupations that are presumed to have a bi-directional “spillage” on the professional's personal Life. Theorizing that experiences and behaviors from people's occupations will affect behavior in life outside work, and the reverse, thirteen marriage and family therapists (MFTs) were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. Responses were examined by analysis of qualitative content. The findings suggest that there is a gap between the ability of the therapist to use professional skills in the treatment room and his or her ability to implement that knowledge in his/her own marriage. Additional findings are described, as are limitations of the study.
Keywords: Couple therapy, spousal relations, education.
