1. A Substantive and Methodological Review of the Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy Research Program: Clinical Implications for a Research Informed Practice.
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Briggs, J. Gregory, Finley, Michelle A., and Sprenkle, Douglas H.
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BEHAVIOR therapy , *EMPATHY , *PATIENT-professional relations , *EVIDENCE-based medicine , *PROFESSIONAL practice , *INTEGRATIVE medicine , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *COUPLES therapy , *MINDFULNESS - Abstract
These authors provide a review of the Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) research program written from the research informed clinical perspective. Research informed clinicians attempt to integrate scientific research into real world clinical practice. Therefore, determining the clinical implications and relevance of the IBCT research program is the focus of this review. The IBCT intervention, developed by Andrew Christensen and Neil Jacobson, integrates the change-based strategies of traditional behavioral couple therapy with emotional acceptance, tolerance building, empathy, and mindfulness techniques. The IBCT research program's research methodology is among the most rigorous in the field of couple therapy, increasing confidence in research findings that have shown IBCT to be a beneficial treatment for highly distressed couples. Because these promising outcomes are founded in strong research methodology, research informed clinicians should be compelled to consider the use of IBCT with those chronically and highly distressed couples who seek treatment in real world clinical settings. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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