ABSTRACT
The Couples Therapy Companion to be used in three ways: (1) for clinicians to integrate cognitive behavioral strategies into their treatment of couples; (2) for couples to use in coordination with the work they do with their own couple therapist; (3) for couples who want to work on their own to make their relationships healthy and happy. To cover these bases, The author Russell Greiger, have tried to communicate the Rational Emotive Couples Therapy (RECT) process and strategies and this chapter can be used to treat couples in as straightforward, nontechnical language. RECT recognizes that the individual pursuing his or her own happiness is natural and ethical, while neglecting or sacrificing one's own happiness is unnatural and unethical. Accordingly, RECT asserts that relationships are not valuable in and of their own sake, but for the contribution they make to the happiness and well-being of the individuals involved.
