integrative behavioral couples therapy

a form of behavioral couples therapy that specifically focuses on helping partners to develop acceptance and greater emotional understanding of one another and to integrate that understanding with an effort to identify, address, and change problematic patterns in their relationship that bother them both. The therapy also helps couples to explore how experiences in their respective pasts may inform their relationship in the present. Compare cognitive behavioral couples therapy. [developed in the 1990s by U.S psychologists Andrew Christensen and Neil Jacobson (1949–1999)]

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January 15th 2025

respiratory disorder

a general term for any disorder involving one or more components of the respiratory system, such as the diaphragm, lungs, trachea, larynx, or nasal cavities. See also asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.