Sunday, April 4, 2010

Source Evaluatio - Fowers

Blaine J. Fowers, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami's department of Educational and Psychological Studies.

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
Jul;y 2001, Vol 27, No 3, 327-340

The Limits of a Technical Concept of a Good Marriage: Exploring the Role of Virtue in Communication Skills

Dr Fowers believes that teaching communication skills is the most common approach to improve couples' relationships. He has developed a method of communication skills based on Aristotle's virtues and tries to determine each person's individual strong suit to help ensure success in their education. He believes that many of his collegues overlook the virtues of a person's character as an asset to help enhance their communication skills.

By using Aristotle's concept of virtues Dr. Fowers believes it can help with the understanding of marital communication in three ways.
1. He believes that it can add a dimension of training to communication skills by allowing for character evaluation to see what virtues each spouse has and how they will benefit from any skills training.
2. It will recommend somewhere to start therapy. If the couple doesn't have the necessary virtues to start with skills training, then it would allow for them to receive the training necessary to develop those skills.
3. This type of training allows for therapy to help couples determine through a shared understanding of what is worth pursuing in their lives.

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