One goal during the personal involvement stage during couples counseling is to expand a couple’s concept of relationship and to create leverage for personal motivation. Discuss at least three interventions or strategies that can aid with this

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Three interventions or strategies that can aid with helping couples expand their concept of relationship and to create leverage for personal motivation.

Reframing relationship as teamwork is essential, to redirect the propensity of individuals to point to their partners as the source of the relationship problems.
Phases of relationship must be understood so participants know there are ebbs and flows and what to expect and gain from different phases of intimacy.
The leader can expand the meaning of relationship to encompass spiritual, physical, emotional, relational, and other aspects of one’s self.
Emphasizing that little things count in a relationship helps create space for incorporating strategies to meet newly forming goals.
Personal responsibility is highlighted, followed by a discussion of how individuals may look with magical eyes at relationships to solve personal problems, to fill a sense of emptiness, to provide care that one should give to oneself, to obtain a sense of self-worth, or to gain external validation.
The importance of self-regulation is discussed as an important learning tool. This includes self-appraisal, self-directed goal setting, self-implementation of change, and self-evaluation (Halford, Sanders, & Behrens, 1994).