ABSTRACT
Respect-Focused Therapy (RFT) posits that it is equally important to move the topic of respect into the heart of the therapeutic process and discussion as a primary theme. The assumption made in the RFT approach is that the human brokenness, which is brought into the room, has its roots in the experience of profound disrespect in some or many ways. Rebuilding self-respect is actually at the core of most individual therapy. Working with couples obviously creates more complexity to the task of doing therapy, simply by virtue of the fact that there is more than one person in the room, each person having his or her unique life stories and needs, plus the relationship issues brought forward by them collectively. Working with groups moves the therapist into a more varied situation because the participants are unrelated and have no history with one another.
