Research Department, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Lutterworth, UK.
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
J Sex Marital Ther. 2020;46(2):177-186. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2019.1654584. Epub 2019 Sep 9.
In England, publicly funded couples therapy is reserved for couples where one or both partners present with psychological disorders, rather than relationship distress, despite evidence of a bidirectional relationship between the two. Demographics and presenting issues for 14,726 couples who received counseling through a third-sector counseling organization in England and Wales were investigated. Clients were often White, aged 25-54, and presented with interpersonal issues. "Mental health problems" were identified as an issue by about a quarter of all clients. This suggests that many couples seeking relationship counseling wish to address relational versus psychological distress, which has implications for publicly funded services.
在英国，公共资助的夫妻治疗仅适用于一方或双方患有心理障碍的夫妻，而不是关系困扰的夫妻，尽管有证据表明两者之间存在双向关系。研究了英格兰和威尔士的一个第三方咨询机构为 14726 对夫妻提供咨询的人口统计数据和主要问题。客户通常是白人，年龄在 25-54 岁之间，存在人际问题。约四分之一的客户表示存在“心理健康问题”。这表明许多寻求婚姻咨询的夫妻希望解决关系问题而不是心理困扰，这对公共资助服务具有影响。
