ABSTRACT
Each couple in treatment can be viewed as a microcosm of the wider social change with all its inconsistencies and challenges. Assessment mandates fleshing out how this couple is assimilating the social transition in its relationship. Is there an adequate couple friendship based on fairness that copes positively with the exigencies of social change? If not, why not? Which conditions are lacking and what needs to be done to help this specific couple make the transition towards greater equality? For example, the research shows that husbands in equal partnership constructively handle their wives’ anger. A couple in treatment may demonstrate problems with this; the husband may withdraw from his wife when she is angry, or may retaliate in a way that makes her hesitant to express herself. Each and every theme located in the research forms the basis for assessment, and eventually for intervention.
