Commentary on ‘Love, marriage, sex, children, parents and all the rest of it’

‘Informal polygamy’: a suitable case for treatment?

“…We believe that the error made in case A, which was to mistake a family structure as transitional because it does not 'fit' the usual version of life-cycle stages, is not uncommon in family therapy practice. Seligman (1986) echoed what we now see as our mistaken approach when she replied to a man (Anon., 1986) who was faced with the dilemmas of an affair.…”

“…Awareness of feminist ideas led the therapist in case A to believe that empowering MS A would result in her taking action either to demand more commitment from or to separate from M r A. Again such a strategy is mirrored by Seligman (1986) who states that Anon. should not 'really believe the choice is his and his alone'.…”

“…Seligman (1986) echoed what we now see as our mistaken approach when she replied to a man (Anon., 1986) who was faced with the dilemmas of an affair.…”

“…Again such a strategy is mirrored by Seligman (1986) who states that Anon. should not 'really believe the choice is his and his alone'.…”