One-spouse marital therapy: Is informed consent necessary?

Wilcoxon, S. Allen

doi:10.1080/01926188608250647

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“…Doing so in the context of health carries the same risk, but is more clearly condemnable as remote diagnosis and/or treatment without consent. Opinions vary widely about the therapist's responsibility to seek consent from an absent partner, ranging from the opinion that involvement of the partner is wholly subject to the attending client's right to self‐determination (Kaslow, ) to the opinion that treatment should not proceed without the absent partner's education about the risks of ITCP and that partner's written consent for the client to be treated individually (Wilcoxon, ). Involving a partner belatedly or intermittently in ITCP raises other ethical issues, for example, the role of the partner as a client or collateral participant, the choice of referral to a couple therapist versus change of treatment format with the individual therapist (Patterson, ) and the informed consent requirements inherent in both decisions.…”

Section: Potential Pitfalls In the Practice Of Itcpmentioning

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Individual Therapy for Couple Problems: Perspectives and Pitfalls

Gurman

Burton²

2014

J Marital Family Therapy

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Despite the demonstrated efficacy of conjoint couple therapy, many clients seeking help for couple problems ultimately find themselves in individual therapy for these concerns. Individual therapy for couple problems (ITCP) may evolve from a partner's refusal of conjoint therapy or from the treatment format preferences of either the client or therapist. Having acknowledged the role of partner refusals, we offer some perspectives about the idiosyncratic personal factors and professional background factors that may lead therapists to provide ITCP and discuss the significant pitfalls in its practice. We emphasize five central areas of concern in the ongoing practice of ITCP: structural constraints on change; therapist side-taking and the therapeutic alliance; inaccurate assessments based on individual client reports; therapeutic focus; and ethical issues relevant to both attending and nonattending partners. We conclude by urging that this very important but largely neglected topic be paid greater attention in psychotherapy research, training and continuing education.

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confidence: 99%