QUID PRO QUO REVISITED: The Basis of Marital Therapy

Ronald C. Fish; Linda Stone Fish

doi:10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb03470.x

QUID PRO QUO REVISITED: The Basis of Marital Therapy

Ronald C. Fish, Linda Stone Fish

Department of Marriage & Family Therapy

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This paper proposes that the basis of marriage is the quid pro quo agreement, which must be recognized in any marital therapy. Symmetry and complementarity are reviewed as the two ways in which the three basic marital issues of power, intimacy, and boundaries are worked out in the quid pro quo negotiations. Implications for therapy are discussed. 1986 American Orthopsychiatric Association

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	371-384
Number of pages	14
Journal	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Volume	56
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1986.tb03470.x
State	Published - Jul 1986

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Psychology (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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