Separation Management an Intervention Model for Managing & Treating Couple Separations

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Anakwenze, O., & Rasmussen, A. (2021). The impact of parental trauma, parenting difficulty, and planned family separation on the behavioral health of West African immigrant children in New York City. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 13(4), 457–466.

Barry, R. A., Barden, E. P., & Dubac, C. (2019). Pulling away: Links among disengaged couple communication, relationship distress, and depressive symptoms. Journal of Family Psychology, 33(3), 280–293.

Bardach, L., Oczlon, S., Pietschnig, J., & Lüftenegger, M. (2020). Has achievement goal theory been right? A meta-analysis of the relation between goal structures and personal achievement goals. Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(6), 1197–1220.

Baucom, K. J. W., Sevier, M., Eldridge, K. A., Doss, B. D., & Christensen, A. (2011). Observed communication in couples two years after integrative and traditional behavioral couple therapy: Outcome and link with five-year follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79(5), 565–576.

Behrendt, P., Mühlberger, C., Göritz, A. S., & Jonas, E. (2021). Relationship, purpose, and change—An integrative model of coach behavior. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 73(2), 103–121.

Bussières, È.-L., Godbout, E., Lachance, V., & Drapeau, S. (2020). L’efficacité des interventions éducatives de groupe à l’intention des parents qui vivent une séparation conflictuelle: Une méta-analyse [The effectiveness of group educational interventions for parents who experience a conflicted separation: A meta-analysis]. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne.

Gazzillo, F., Dimaggio, G., & Curtis, J. T. (2021). Case formulation and treatment planning: How to take care of relationship and symptoms together. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 31(2), 115–128.

Goldner, L., Jakobi, C. D., Schorr, S., Dakak, S., & Shawahne, N. (2021). Keep it quiet: Mother–daughter parentification and difficulties in separation–individuation shaping daughters’ authentic/true self and self-silencing: A mediation model. Psychoanalytic Psychology.

Hardesty, J. L., Crossman, K. A., Khaw, L., & Raffaelli, M. (2016). Marital violence and coparenting quality after separation. Journal of Family Psychology, 30(3), 320–330.

Hatch, S. G., Le, Y., & Doss, B. D. (2021). Make up or break up? Charting the well-being of low-income help-seeking couples through the breakup process. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(8), 1107–1116.

Mata, J., Richter, D., Schneider, T., & Hertwig, R. (2018). How cohabitation, marriage, separation, and divorce influence BMI: A prospective panel study. Health Psychology, 37(10), 948–958.

Metz, C., Calmet, J., & Thevenot, A. (2019). Women subjected to domestic violence: The impossibility of separation. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 36(1), 36–43.

Owen, J., Duncan, B., Anker, M., & Sparks, J. (2012). Initial relationship goal and couple therapy outcomes at post and six-month follow-up. Journal of Family Psychology, 26(2), 179–186.

Sentse, M., Ormel, J., Veenstra, R., Verhulst, F. C., & Oldehinkel, A. J. (2011). Child temperament moderates the impact of parental separation on adolescent mental health: The trails study. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(1), 97–106.

Schindler, H. S., & Coley, R. L. (2012). Predicting marital separation: Do parent–child relationships matter? Journal of Family Psychology, 26(4), 499–508.

Scott, S. B., Rhoades, G. K., & Markman, H. J. (2019). Observed communication and relationship quality in female same-gender couples [Editorial]. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 8(3), 137–151.

Siefert, C. J. (2019). Exploring relational episodes with the core conflictual relationship theme method to develop treatment goals, build alliance, and set client expectations in brief psychodynamic psychotherapy. Psychotherapy, 56(1), 28–34.

Williamson, H. C., Altman, N., Hsueh, J., & Bradbury, T. N. (2016). Effects of relationship education on couple communication and satisfaction: A randomized controlled trial with low-income couples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(2), 156–166.

Zamir, O., Gewirtz, A. H., Cheng, C. H., Zhang, N., & Lavee, Y. (2020). Psychological distress and communication quality in military couples after deployment to war. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(4), 383–391.

Additional References:
Buchicchio, Robert J.  Taking Space - How To Use Separation To Explore The Future of Your Relationship. Vt: Charler Publishing, 2006*

Buchicchio, Robert J. websites www.takingspace.com and www.separationmanagment.net

Gottman, John. Ph.D. and Nan Silver The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. NY: Three River Press, l999.

Gottman, John. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail. New York: Fireside, l994.

Kirshenbaum, Mira. Too Good To Leave, Too Bad Too Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide To Help You Decide Whether To Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship. New York: Plume, l997.

Spring, Janis Abrams. Ph.D. After the Affair. NY,NY: Harper Collins, l996.

Spring, Janis A., with Spring, Michael.  How  Can I Forgive You?  The Courage to Forgive, The Freedom Not To. NY,NY: Harper Collins, 2004.

Weiss, Robert. Marital Separation.  Basic Books, 1977.

*See Taking Space for  a more comprehensive bibliography