INTIMATE RELATIONSHI P CONFLICTS 173 D. The partners denied fear of emotional vulnerability and were encouraged to recons ider their denial. 23. Generalize Increased Trust ( 23) A. The client and his/her partner were requested to identify specific areas in which they have experienced increased trust. B. The client and his/her partner were focused on ways in which they can g eneralize their experience of trust into other areas of their relationship. C. The client and his/her partner were provided with positive feedback regarding their increased pattern of trust. D. The client and his/her partner have struggled to generalize trust into other areas and were urged to continue to focus in this area. 24. Identify Relationship Changes Due to Mental Illness ( 24) A. The client and his/her partner were requested to identify changes that have occurred in their relationship due to the client's pattern of mental illness symptoms. B. The client and his/her partner were assisted in identifying the changes that have occurred in the relationship due to the client's mental illness symptoms. C. The client and his/her partner were provided w ith positive feedback regarding their insight into the changes that have occurred in their relationship due to the client's mental illness symptoms. D. The client and his/her partner could not identify changes that have occurred in the relationship due to the client's mental illness symptoms and were requested to review this area more closely. 25. Challenge the Couple to Share Power and Control ( 25) A. The client and his/her partner were focused on the need to share power and control, despite the client' s mental illness symptoms. B. The client and his/her partner were challenged to identify specific ways in which power and control within the relationship can be shared, despite the client's mental illness symptoms. C. The client and his/her partner were given suggestions about specific ways in which power and control can be shared, despite the client's mental illness symptoms (e. g., develop advanced directives regarding treatment expectations, returning responsibility to the mentally ill partner during pe riods of stabilization). D. The client and his/her partner could not identify ways to share power and control within the relationship and were given additional feedback in this area. 26. Legitimize Mourning ( 26) A. The client and his/her partner were pr ovided with support regarding the legitimate need to mourn the loss of functioning within the relationship due to the client's severe and persistent mental illness symptoms. B. The client and his/her partner used the support provided to express their grie f regarding the loss of functioning in the relationship. C. The client and his/her partner denied any grief regarding the loss of functioning in the relationship due to the client's severe and persistent mental illness symptoms, and they were given additi onal feedback regarding grieving. 