A conversation with:
Arthur Neilsen

Couple therapy models emerged from various theoretical traditions, each anchored in its own development time. But it now features a distinct set of prominent approaches. Arthur Nielsen drawing 40-plus years of experience argues that integrating therapeutic approaches and crossing the boundaries of therapy schools can be very useful in working with couples. He describes the three main approaches to conceptualizing couple distress and treatment―systemic, psychodynamic, and behavioral―and shows how they can be integrated into a model that draws on the best of each of them.

In this conversation, Arthur Nielsen will discuss with Aner Govrin and Sharon Ziv-Beiman his model of Sequencing and Integrating Systemic, Psychodynamic, and Behavioral Approaches in Couple Therapy.

We will discuss:

What are the basics of couple therapy?

What are the most useful components of Systemic, Psychodynamic, and Behavioral Approaches for couple therapy?

How do you suggest integrating the core approaches? What are the advantages of integrating?

Demonstration of clinical work based on integrating the three core approaches to couple therapy?

How to encourage couples to talk to each other and not their therapist?

How to assert control and manage the emotional room temperature?

How to cool things up when the interaction becomes explosive?

How to identify and change the pathological dance?