Jealousy: Systematic, Problem‐Solving Therapy With Couples
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Family Process
- Vol. 18 (2) , 151-160
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1979.00151.x
Abstract
Literature on the treatment of marital jealousy has focused on individual and interpersonal awareness/insight and the use of communication‐negotiation skills. This paper proposes an alternative viewpoint applying the problem‐solving approaches of Erikson, Haley, Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fisch to the alteration of jealous systems. Through a detailed case study, the author describes the concept of the therapeutic triangle and the use of paradox and symptom transfer as potential contributions in the treatment of jealousy. Finally, the author discusses briefly a possible factor leading to the success of the systematic, problem‐solving modality: serious playfulness.Keywords
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