Divorce Therapy

Tam who is 42-years old Vietnamese Canadian man and Lisa who is 39-years old Caucasian have been married for eight years. They dated for seven years prior to getting married. They have two children. Jimmy, their son is 14-years old and Emma, their daughter is 8-years old. Lisa is a nurse and Tam is a software programmer. Jimmy attends a middle school and he is in grade 9 and Emma attends an elementary school and she is in grade 3. Lisa called the family-counselling centre to book for an initial appointment. When the family came to the counseling centre to make the appointment, the intake worker asked a couple of questions about the couple’s marriage so the therapist can be well prepared on working with the case. During the brief interview, …show more content…
This theory is grounded on over 25-years of research on what successful couples do in a different way than unsuccessful couples. More so, Gottman’s work with couples that are distressed is centered on getting the couple to prevent behaviours or patterns that leads to break-up or divorce as indicated in his research work and start to increase in behaviours or patterns that are the foundations of successful couples (Schooley, 2004). Assessment tools are used to determined what areas of the SRH needs improvement and then interventions tools will be used to target the aspects that need to be reinforce with the couple. Gottman’s therapy begins with a three-step session assessment manner to decide the strength of the marriage and aspect to work on within the perspective of the SRH. Assessment is very crucial for case conceptualization and treatment plans interventions (Briere and Scott, 2013). Issues stemming from marital issues cannot be treated if not properly assessed and assessment reveals where and what to focus on in therapy. The therapist will carry out a comprehensive assessment with each of the couple and then one assessment of both of the