Faculty Articles
Incorporating Internet-based Interventions into Couple Therapy: Available Resources and Recommended Uses.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Aust N Z J Fam Ther
ISSN
0814-723X
Publication Date
12-1-2014
Abstract
Although there are a number of highly efficacious in-person treatments designed to ameliorate relationship distress, only a small proportion of distressed couples seek out in-person treatment. Recently developed internet-based interventions based on these in-person treatments are a promising way to circumvent common barriers to in-person treatment and give more distressed couples access to these efficacious interventions. The overarching aims of this review are to provide couple and family therapists with a broad overview of the available internet-based interventions and provide suggestions about how these interventions might be utilized before, during, or after in-person treatment. First, we review internet-based interventions targeting individual psychopathology (e.g. anxiety and depression). These interventions would be particularly useful as an adjunctive resource for in-person couple or family therapy when referrals for a concurrent in-person individual therapist are not feasible (because of time, financial, or geographic constraints). The majority of the review centers on internet-based interventions for distressed couples and covers four distinct types of resources: relationship advice websites, assessment/feedback interventions, enrichment interventions for satisfied couples, and interventions targeting at-risk or distressed couples. We close with a case study of one couple's journey through a newly developed intervention targeting at-risk couples, OurRelationship.com, and provide two appendices with information on currently available internet-based interventions.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fanzf.1077
Volume
35
Issue
4
First Page
414
Last Page
430
PubMed ID
26405375
NSUWorks Citation
Cicila, L.,
Salivar, E. G.,
Doss, B. D.
(2014). Incorporating Internet-based Interventions into Couple Therapy: Available Resources and Recommended Uses.. Aust N Z J Fam Ther, 35(4), 414-430.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1678
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