A developmental approach to treating dual-career couples
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Family Therapy
- Vol. 14 (3) , 254-263
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01926188608250645
Abstract
While skills development may help some dual-career couples, for others such methods may result in feelings of frustration until certain developmental difficulties are resolved. This article: 1) addresses some problem areas that dual-career couples encounter; 2) reviews proposed solutions for these problems; 3) specifies the necessary personal requirements for mastering these solutions; and 4) suggests some of the unresolved developmental conflicts that can interfere with such mastery. The list of conflicts, proposed solutions, and typical impeding developmental difficulties is not meant to be exhaustive. Rather, this article is intended to convey a way of conceptualizing “problems surrounding problem solving” for dual-career couples.Keywords
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