Summary: The No Exclusion Intervention

The no conclusion intervention for couples was developed in order to have couples focus on expressing and listening to each others emotions without solving the problem immediately. Eventually, the no conclusion intervention linked to emotionally focused couples therapy. This study included a therapy group of four to seven couples for 5 days working on conflict, differences, bonding, autonomy, and impasse. Partners tend to avoid conflict if differences create tension to the point they may stop talking to each other. A therapist that solely focuses on problem solving may be endangering their clients relationships. In this case, the main focus is ongoing dialogue between the couple through taking turns. Furthermore, a therapist must take culture into consideration. For example, Western culture tends to have more of an individualistic view on things. Open dialogue can be threatening to some couples thus therapist need to create a secure base. In this case, therapeutic alliance is important to form a secure base. Findings demonstrated that couples tended to speak of emotions that were hidden. However, the limitation to this intervention consist of having individuals to tolerate intense
The ethical consideration in this case , group therapy for couples must describe at the start the limits, roles, and responsibilities. It was surprising that the no conclusion intervention may be too soon for couples who do not feel safe. Tend to agree with Migerode (2014) that more time is needed for trauma couples and for high conflict couples (p. 400). Additionally, another concern with the no conclusion intervention is how couples could shift from criticism to stonewalling depending on the severity of the conflict. In this study couples with trivial conflicts could be solved while important conflicts tended to be