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When Prior Couples Therapy Failed

clients, couples therapy, relationshipsBy Eric FitzMedrud Ph.D.May 20, 2015 Leave a comment

When prior couples therapy failed and I am the next therapist, it is a different situation than when someone comes to me for individual therapy after prior individual therapy failed. While many therapists helping individuals have a specific therapeutic orientation (e.g., CBT or psychodynamic), there are few couples therapists who work exclusively in one model.…

When Prior Therapy Failed

clientsBy Eric FitzMedrud Ph.D.April 25, 2015 Leave a comment

I have enjoyed celebrating successful completion of treatment with several clients who had been in therapy previously but who had not found success in that therapy. In this post, I’m going to describe what I do differently when a client comes to me for treatment after prior therapy has not been successful. I’m dividing this…