This panel discussion, with John Gottman, Julie Gottman, Cloe Madanes, and Roxanna Erickson-Klein, compares and contrasts clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts as they discuss couples and family counseling.
Juan Camarena works with Marianna and her husband Ryan, who come to therapy because both are frustrated with their sex lives. With different expectations and needs, Camarena works with the two to open up communication, offer experiential exercises to enhance connection, and discuss the messages they were given about sex that relate to culture/ethnicity, gender, class, and religion while they were growing up.
James Coyne demonstrates Strategic Couples Therapy in an actual session with a gay couple. Watch this master therapist and learn the basic principles of Strategic Therapy, which seeks to help the couple develop a problem-solving strategy tailored to their specific concerns and values.
Sue Johnson demonstrates Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy in an actual couples therapy session. Watch this master therapist and learn how to emotionally engage couples within a structured, manualized therapy format.
