Changes in behavioral exchanges between partners and problem-solving training have been important aspects since the beginning of the movement in behavioral marital therapy. Communication training stands out because it provides the opportunity for partners to change the central process of relationship negotiations and their mode in coping with problems and their relationships in general. Communication training has a potentially powerful influence on other relevant factors that comprise marital therapy. Analyzing how communication work-shops were conducted since the historical beginning of behavioral marital therapy, it may be observed how much this procedure remains updated and compatible with the contextual philosophy of the contemporary wave of integrative behavioral marital therapy. Current essay argues that communication training must be considered an essential ingredient in behavioral marital therapy.
Behavioral marital therapy; communication training; problem-solving training