Narrative Practice and Conflict Dissolution in Couples Therapy

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to conflict dissolution through the story development of the lives of the partners. This activity includes the interruption of efforts to resolve difficulties through recourse to culturally venerated communicational processes; the erosion of exclusivity in couple relationships; and the adoption of other relational forms in ways that contributes to diversity of response in couple relationships. A case example with transcript excerpts illustrates this process. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]