ABSTRACT
The marriage counsellor, by contrast, is presented with a crisis in living where immediacy not only belies the long twofold prehistory of the suffering partners but also hides a deteriorated intimate relationship behind institutional grievances. In addition to describing a series of active interventions in the practice of marriage counselling, Aron Krich also places this relatively discipline within the framework of psychotherapy in general. Experience in supervision of trainees in marriage counselling frequently brings forward occasions on which the tape recorder plays back an obscure or intriguing communication of a client. The "relationship" with the fantasy partner is examined in every detail, including its sexual delights, until these become so "real" that the client becomes intrigued with the possibility of trying out some of the new experiences on the flesh-and-blood spouse. The task of the therapist to free himself of the frenzy to cure may, at first glance, seem to contradict the orientation of more active approaches to the patient.
