The Couple's Therapist as Coaching Double in a Model Encounter
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coaching double in couple's therapyAbstract
The author describes a model interview in which the participants perform the steps of a successful encounter aloud. A soliloquy about some internal awareness in one member of the couple develops a warm-up to intentional communication. His or her interpersonal repertoire is reviewed and selected in service of this intention. He or she delivers an experimental communication face-to-face. The other member of the couple then goes through the same sequence. The therapist acts throughout as a coaching double.
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