Staff View
How do you hold me tight

Descriptive

TitleInfo
Title
How do you hold me tight
SubTitle
an exploration of workshop leaders' adaptations and conceptions of success of an emotionally focused couples psychoeducational program
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Humphrey
NamePart (type = given)
Simone Cheng
NamePart (type = date)
1987-
DisplayForm
Simone Cheng Humphrey
Role
RoleTerm (authority = RULIB)
author
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Skean
NamePart (type = given)
Karen Riggs
DisplayForm
Karen Riggs Skean
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm (authority = RULIB)
chair
Name (type = personal)
NamePart (type = family)
Romanowsky
NamePart (type = given)
Amelia Kaplan
DisplayForm
Amelia Kaplan Romanowsky
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
Role
RoleTerm (authority = RULIB)
outside member
Name (type = corporate)
NamePart
Rutgers University
Role
RoleTerm (authority = RULIB)
degree grantor
Name (type = corporate)
NamePart
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Role
RoleTerm (authority = RULIB)
school
TypeOfResource
Text
Genre (authority = marcgt)
theses
OriginInfo
DateCreated (qualifier = exact)
2018
DateOther (qualifier = exact); (type = degree)
2018-08
CopyrightDate (encoding = w3cdtf); (qualifier = exact)
2018
Place
PlaceTerm (type = code)
xx
Language
LanguageTerm (authority = ISO639-2b); (type = code)
eng
Abstract (type = abstract)
Since the 1960s, couple relationship educational (CRE) programs have become increasingly popular and offer a viable alternative to therapy by fostering satisfaction and connection between romantic partners in an efficient and less taboo format. Despite the proliferation of couples workshops around the world, limited research exists to help guide therapists in leading the most effective program for their participants as well as in creating a positive experience for themselves. This qualitative study aimed to explore workshop leaders’ conceptions of the program’s success, modifications implemented to the standard protocol, and the personal experiences of facilitating the Hold Me Tight program, a couples workshop based on the evidence-based treatment of emotionally focused couples therapy (EFT). Using a semi-structured interview developed by this author, the study found that overall, helping partners access primary emotions and communicate them to one another effectively is what makes the Hold Me Tight program therapeutic. While this is similar to the stages in EFT treatment, the power of the workshop is derived from the combination of didactic and experiential learning that is enhanced and reinforced by the dynamic of the group. Results also found that the flexibility of the leader and tailoring of the program to its participants was an important factor for success in the workshop. Lastly, workshop leaders concluded that facilitating the Hold Me Tight workshop was personally “nourishing” by increasing love in the world, connecting to colleagues in their field, and improving their own intimate relationships. Taken together, these study findings suggest that the HMT program shows promise as an effective method for helping couples reconnect and foster love in their relationship as well as a personally rewarding experience for the leader. Suggestions for implementing an optimal couples workshop are proposed, and limitations and implications for research are discussed.
Subject (authority = RUETD)
Topic
Clinical Psychology
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Marital psychotherapy
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
Emotion-focused therapy
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier (type = RULIB)
ETD
Identifier
ETD_9043
PhysicalDescription
Form (authority = gmd)
electronic resource
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
InternetMediaType
text/xml
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 100 p.)
Note (type = degree)
Psy.D.
Note (type = bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references
Note (type = statement of responsibility)
by Simone Cheng Humphrey
RelatedItem (type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier (type = local)
rucore10001800001
Location
PhysicalLocation (authority = marcorg); (displayLabel = Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
NjNbRU
Identifier (type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T33X8B49
Genre (authority = ExL-Esploro)
ETD doctoral
Back to the top

Rights

RightsDeclaration (ID = rulibRdec0006)
The author owns the copyright to this work.
RightsHolder (type = personal)
Name
FamilyName
Humphrey
GivenName
Simone
MiddleName
Cheng
Role
Copyright Holder
RightsEvent
Type
Permission or license
DateTime (encoding = w3cdtf); (qualifier = exact); (point = start)
2018-05-21 18:17:56
AssociatedEntity
Name
Simone Humphrey
Role
Copyright holder
Affiliation
Rutgers University. Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
AssociatedObject
Type
License
Name
Author Agreement License
Detail
I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Permission or license
Back to the top

Technical

RULTechMD (ID = TECHNICAL1)
ContentModel
ETD
OperatingSystem (VERSION = 5.1)
windows xp
CreatingApplication
Version
1.4
ApplicationName
Mac OS X 10.12.6 Quartz PDFContext
DateCreated (point = end); (encoding = w3cdtf); (qualifier = exact)
2018-05-21T19:21:45
DateCreated (point = end); (encoding = w3cdtf); (qualifier = exact)
2018-05-21T19:21:45
Back to the top
Version 8.5.5
Rutgers University Libraries - Copyright ©2024