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cognitive behavioral couples therapy

behavioral couples therapy that specifically focuses on the reciprocal influence of the partners’ idiosyncratic patterns of ideas about each other and about couples in general. Interfering ideas are made conscious and explicit and are then altered to improve the couple’s relationship using techniques modified from cognitive behavior therapy. Compare integrative behavioral couples therapy.

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emotional reeducation

emotional reeducation

psychotherapy focused on modifying the client’s attitudes, feelings, and reactions by helping him or her gain insight into emotional conflicts and self-defeating behavior arising from affective disturbance or disorder. Typical objectives are an increase in self-confidence, sociability, and self-reliance. The methods used include group discussions, personal counseling, relationship therapy, and self-exploration.