Couple Therapy Plan: Edward and Connie
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Running head: RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING The couple therapy: Connecting to two theories and conceptsName of the student:Name of the University:Author note:
1RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING The couple theory is regarded as providing counseling in a kind of a medium or a longterm relationships, whether it includes the marriage or a relationship based which is a de factoone (Baucom et al 2012; p. 239). In the movie Unfaithful which was released in the year2002, was about a couples name Edward Summer and Connie Summer. The couple lived inManhattan and they were living with a child. However, the problem was about that there wasa lack of passion between the couple. The lack of passion lead to the growth of heatedargument and failing to understand each other’s feelings led a crack on the relationship.Again the husband hardly used to give time to his wife after coming back from office. Thisleft a poor impact on the relationship, which made the wife to start an extra marital affair witha young gentleman name Paul. However, after realizing her mistake, later on Connie wants togive another chance to their marital relationship. In a relationship, the importance of love understanding and passion is important. However,with time it vanishes due to some psychological wants demands or attentions that a couplewants from each other (Benson et al 2012; pp. 25-35; Johnson 2012). Unable to do so, wouldlead to the creation of fault in the relation. In this respect, the couple needs to take help fromany counselor so that they can guide them through the process of problem solving andunderstanding (Benson et al 2012; pp. 25-35; Whisman and Beach 2012; pp. 526-535).The couple theory is being practiced right now by many tertiary councilors who arequalified this includes the psychologists, therapists from different disciplines. The theoriesare also helpful in making to understand and solve the problems between the two couples.The case of Edward and Connie Summer had some of the identified common problems whichare anger and aggression, lack of intimacy, the inability to solve problems and difficulties incommunication (Synder et al 2012; pp. 229-249). These sums up the general dissatisfaction
2RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING in the relationship. These as well results to the development of the traumatic incident. BothHusband and Wife at the same time have different values and wants for different lifestyles.The same way it acted as a barrier in the happiness of rearing child and filling up the goals ofthe family. Connie wanted to try out the relationship once again and decided to approach atherapist (Synder et al 2012; pp. 229-249). The approaches such as Psychodynamic approach where the counselor would deeplydig into the matter of the relationship just to find the origin of the problems. It is important tofind out the difficulties which are hampering the relationship between husband and wife. Thedigging out the matter can disclose the past stories of sexual affairs, any kinds of mentalabuses or any kinds of secrets that the couple decided to keep as secret to each other(Wanlass and Scharff 2015; p.134; Carr and McNulty 2016). In this model, problems in therelationship can be pointed out through the implementation of the counselor’s projectiveidentification. This is a term and a process which has its origination in theory of egopropounded by Freud and later on utilized by some other counselor in the school of thoughtof psychodynamic name Melanie Klein. In this approach, the therapist advices clients aboutthe analysis that the therapist has deduced after going through the problems of the couple(Wanlass and Scharff 2015; p.134). The therapy is concise and less intensive. Thepsychodynamic approach make the clients speak freely about their problems to the therapistand the clients also take interest to speak about their problems. The Summer couple canattend this therapy and try to solve out the problems by freely exposing their mind to thetherapist. The psychodynamic approach provides a deeper understanding about the intimaterelationship between the couple and it is a perfect approach for the couple who are facingrelationship problems. Therefore, the entire problems lie in the fact that the couple needs tobe treated properly and with the help of this therapy, they can explore their influence of past
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