Relaxation / Self-Soothing Guide for Couples Therapy

Relaxation / Self-Soothing Guide is a couples-therapy regulation support tool for practitioners. It helps therapists identify overwhelm triggers, match partner-specific self-soothing strategies, track reported effects on escalation or distress, and connect useful strategies to conflict or timeout agreements.

Gottman Method Couples TherapyMapIntervention planningBetween-session monitoringEmotion regulationInterpersonal relationshipsCouples

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Tool guide

Learn more about this tool

Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.

Strategy Fit

The tool tracks when a strategy is used and what effect is reported, because a strategy's usefulness depends on the partner and trigger.

Timeout Agreements

Practitioner notes can connect useful strategies to conflict or timeout agreements.

Result Boundaries

The tool does not supply relaxation instructions, make safety determinations, or infer clinical conclusions from a log.

Can the practitioner choose which strategies to track?

Yes. Partner-specific strategy sets are supported configuration and are saved with the tool setup.

Does the guide include relaxation exercises?

Not in the supplied specification. Exact relaxation instructions and strategy lists are unresolved and should not be invented in the demo.

Can effect be unknown?

Yes. A strategy can be logged with unknown or unclear effect rather than being treated as helpful.

What is saved from the demo?

The tool itself and configured strategy sets are saved. Fictional triggers, sample effect notes, and temporary demo content are not saved as real client data by default.