Family Life Cycle and Couple Relationship: What Does Cedar Cove Teach Us (Part 6)
This theory tremendously helpful to understand the couples’ relationship history. It helps to see how the couples transit from one stage to another and whether they made the transition successfully. If not, it helps me and the couple to evaluate how have they tried to cope with the issues successfully or destructively. Even in the “complicated situation” such as divorce or blended family, the theory also helps me and the couple to see what are the needs for them to cope with being different stages in their relationship.
Family Life Cycle and Couple Relationship: What Does Cedar Cove Teach Us (Part 5)
“Later, because of their daughters. Dan and Grace had tried hard to make their marriage work……Dan deeply loved his daughters. Grace never questions his devotion to them, but she seriously doubted he was still in love with her.”~ Grace Sherman, “16 Lighthouse Road”
Family Life Cycle and Couple Relationship: What Does Cedar Cove Teach Us (Part 4)
Just a friendly reminder that you might want to read these articles before you started reading this entry. Family Life Cycle Theory (Reuben Hill, 1949): Stage 4: Families with adolescents Once the children enter the adolescence stage, the family begins into another phase in the family life cycle. During this stage, depending on the age differences […]
Family Life Cycle and Couple Relationship: What Does Cedar Cove Teach Us (Part 3)
Family Therapist. Dr. Minuchin reminded the therapists and the couples to watch out the boundary between the coupling unit and the parent unit. Both partners are still a couple, but they now add roles as parents. In the clinical settings, I have seen a lot of couples have the following difficulties:
Family Life Cycle and Couple Relationship: What Does Cedar Cove Teach Us (Part 2)
The main issues at this stage of the therapy are setting the boundary and setting the expectation. The new couple needs to set the boundary with their extended family.
Family Life Cycle & Couple Relationship: What Does Cedar Cove Teach Us? (Part 1)
Overview of the characters discussed in this series is briefly described here. Family Life Cycle Theory (Reuben Hill, 1949): Stage 1: Leaving home: Single young adults