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A Case of Infidelity: Treatment Plan

A Case of Infidelity: Treatment Plan

The purpose of this report is to provide details of alternative treatment plans for a dysfunctional married couple, Luis and Rachel, who present to therapy with a history of marital infidelity, mistrust, physical abuse of the wife, and unemployment and frequent absences on the part of the husband. While Luis and Rachel have agreed to participate in treatment designed to facilitate marital stability and maintenance of the marriage union, Luis has expressed in preliminary sessions his feeling that it is "only" because of the children that he will contemplate treatment and that he continues to feel contempt for his wife due to her infidelities. Rachel, on the other hand, appears sincerely committed to making the marriage work not solely for the children's sake. These attitudes must be addressed in any treatment plan that id developed for the

The report will first identify the specific treatment goals, accompanied by outcome statements and indicators of success. It will then describe behavioral, cognitive, and solution-focused interventions. Evaluation of intervention efficacy will be addressed as well. Measures of progress, both formal and observational, will be described. Professional theoretical and empirical literature will be employed in describing treatment plans and potential outcomes.

There are several specific treatment goals for all of the treatment strategies that are discussed below. A caveat regarding Luis and Rachel should be advanced, however. Given the severity of the marital dysfunction and Luis' statement regarding his attitude toward Rachel and his willingness to remain in the marriage only for the sake of the children, any therapist entering into this therapeutic process must recognize that the deficit of strengths in the couple's relationship and Luis' attitude regarding giving his wife a second chance do not bode well for a positive therapeutic outcome.

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