Like couple therapy, family therapists can use CBT to examine the problems and develop coping skills that will help them with future issues. In Family Therapy: An Overview, Goldenberg and Goldenberg discuss ways that a counselor would use the cognitive-behavioral therapy model to work with couples and families. According to Dattilio, Epstein, and Baucom, (1998), they state that CBT helps “to resolve escalating antagonistic and provocative behavior between them, couples need to acquire skills for recognizing and defining problems clearly, identifying mutually acceptable problem-solving strategies, and implementing these solutions quickly and effectively” (p. 348). I would find that CBT would be useful for couples who are currently separated
