Marital Group Therapy (MGT) is no longer the phenomena that it once was. During the 1960s and 1970s, marital group therapy was a popular counseling method with limited process and outcome basis. MGT has been less frequently used in the 1980s to present. Sells, Giordano, and King (2002) believe that this is due to the shift from the use of psychoanalytic interventions to use of cognitive-behavior models. Presently, most counseling sites that offer marital therapy do not offer group therapy as part of the curriculum. Likewise, most sites that offer group therapy do not necessitate marital therapy. Sells et al. did, however, make reference to a 1992 article by Capuzzi and Gross supporting the idea that even though couples group therapy is not widely used it is effective. According to the article, MGT has its roots in psychoanalysis. It was believed, however, that MGT was a shift from the psychoanalytic tradition because the actual marital relationship was integrated into the therapeutic relationship. The psychoanalysis basis for MGT soon began to be challenged by process and outcome research. This research suggested that “short-term marital group interventions that focused on conflict management, communication skills formation, creating pleasurable experiences, and developing contingency contracting skills” are more efficient as supported by Lieberman and Lieberman in 1986. During the 1980's, the counseling profession did very little in advancing marital group interventions. In 1990 Coche and Coche worked to develop a design of MGT from an existential-humanistic perspective. The importance of personhood in the pursuit of intimacy was emphasized. Individuals were now given the responsibility for their own choices while developing communication skills used by Traux and Carkhuff and the marital communication model. Because of limited research in the area contextual family therapy, this pilot study was conducted. The current s