Couple therapy in a therapeutic community setting

An account is given of couple therapy offered as part of a comprehensive treatment programme in a unit run as a therapeutic community. The additional therapeutic force provided by couple or family therapy is important in dealing with adult patients who may not be highly motivated for change or who may not initially present their difficulties as springing from marital or family relationships. A combined approach with these kinds of patients may succeed where either group therapy or couple therapy alone is likely to fail.