Molina, María ElisaTapia Villanueva, LuisFossa, PabloPereira, XimenaAspillaga H., CarolinaPuerta, Sofía de la2019-04-232019-04-232019María Elisa Molina; Luis Tapia-Villanueva; Pablo Fossa; Ximena Pereira; Carolina Aspillaga; Sofía de la Puerta. A methodological approach to couples therapy using a conjoint relational drawing process for the description of and intervention with relational patterns and meaning-attributions. Journal of Family Therapy vol. 41(4), (2019) doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12241http://hdl.handle.net/11447/2393https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12241The consultants’ observation and understanding of relational patterns in couples therapy is a main therapeutic objective and a resource for change. The Conjoint Relational Drawing Process (CRDP) methodology uses a drawing technique to enable the display and efficient observation of relational patterns. It was designed to address the relational process in couples therapy. Two couples participated in making a conjoint drawing that was video-recorded and later observed and analysed by the couple and the therapist and the researchers. The relational pattern descriptions and meaning attributions about the video-recorded drawings were analysed in the therapeutic and research contexts. As a result, new perspectives regarding relational patterns and meaning attributions emerged, revealing modes of interaction that allowed new viewpoints about difficulties and ways forward. This approach for the clinical application of CRDP contributed to the evaluation and intervention in the couples’ therapy, and enabled issues to be defined early in the processenCouples therapyDrawingProcessRelational patternArticle