Couples therapy, also called couples counseling or marriage counseling, is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to improve intimate relationships, resolve interpersonal conflict and repair broken bonds of love between partners. It is used to address communication difficulties, relationship distress, infidelity, the effects of a partner's mental health condition, and major life transitions that place strain on a relationship. The field has its own history and theoretical foundations, spans a range of common therapeutic approaches used with couples from different backgrounds, and its practitioners undergo specific training and qualification distinct from general psychotherapy.
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Couples therapy is a recognized psychotherapeutic modality.
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Couples therapy is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to improve intimate relationships, resolve interpersonal conflicts and repair broken bonds of love.
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With financial help from Gosney, he opened the American Institute of Family Relations in Los Angeles in 1930.
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The Wikipedia biography of Paul Popenoe states that, with financial help from Gosney, he opened the American Institute of Family Relations in Los Angeles in 1930. Couples therapy is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to improve intimate relationships and resolve interpersonal conflict.
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