| Abstract: | This paper offers a conceptual approach as well as examples of resistance to marital therapy. It is aimed at beginning marital clinicians to provide an understanding of the natural existence of resistance to therapeutic change. A model which conceptualizes resistance based on two divergent emotions is presented. This model can aid the clinician in assessing each individual's willingness to improve throughout the process of therapy. The examples of marital resistance may aid clinicians to be more aware of the forms which resistance can take. |
