title: Therapy with religious couples.
abstract: Although 95% of married couples identify with a particular religion, there is great variation in how couples rely on their religion to define or structure their relationship. Various denominations will imply particular "rules" or will shape how the couple deals with interpersonal and family challenges, such as sexuality, parenting, and power. In this article, we review couple relationships within a religious context and advance several treatment principles for treating religious couples. We present a clinical case to illustrate marital therapy with a religious couple, with an Adlerian context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Student Affairs, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd., KY 42101-1031, USA. jill.duba@wku.edu
authors.forename: Jill D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Duba
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D019546:Couples Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012069:Religion and Psychology