Existential psychotherapy with Vietnam veteran couples: A twenty-five yearreport

Existential psychotherapy with Vietnam combat veteran couples should includ e the treatment elements of holding, telling, mastering, and honoring the c ombat trauma pain. The authors describe these four treatment elements and p rovide a descriptive clinical study of this treatment approach with 53 Viet nam veteran couples treated by the first author between 1974 and 1999. All 53 couples made good progress during treatment, as indicated by self-report and two clinical measures of marital adjustment.