Citation

Ripoll-Núñez K, Villar-Guhl CF, Villar-Concha E. J. Marital Fam. Ther. 2012; 38(Suppl 1): 168-186.

Affiliation

Universidad de los Andes Sistemas Humanos Sistemas Humanos, Universidad Central.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00297.x

PMID

22765332

Abstract

There is a gap in the Marriage and Family Therapy literature regarding clients', therapists', and family judges' theories of change in relational therapy for family violence. We conducted in-depth interviews with eleven court-referred families, their therapists, and two family judges in Bogota, Colombia. Interviews focused on their expectations of therapy outcomes, their understanding of change, and their evaluation of individual and relational therapy outcomes. We followed a grounded theory approach to data analysis. Analyses showed that therapists, family judges, and clients hold different expectations and theories regarding therapeutic change. Findings are discussed based on existing research on clients' and therapists' ideas about change. Implications for future research and practice are presented.

Language: en