ABSTRACT
As a couples therapist one need to know their best strategies for themselves and the couple in this circumstance. Then there are the couples sessions in which nothing is happening. Often these sessions are accompanied by a lack of connection with the couple. These sessions are among the most frustrating for a couples therapist. Often in Nothing Happening sessions it seems like there is nowhere to go. Melody and Hua are talking about how best to help Melody's elderly father. The couple is yelling at each other. There are sessions in which the therapist need to be the referee, the cop. However, in a Therapist as Cop session the role as cop becomes the focal point in the dynamic. The session might fall apart or go nowhere unless the therapist play this role. The partners are arguing loudly and are verbally attacking each other. The couple cannot talk to each other.
