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The present research aims to examine the effectiveness of marital therapy with family of original compare with only marital therapy. The hypothesis was that marital therapy with family of original is brief, permanent and effectiveness than only marital therapy. The sample comprised 35 volunteer couples who were selected and divided into 3 groups. One of them treats as marital therapy with family of original and second treats as only marital therapy and third group as control. Control group who is no volunteer for therapy but tendency to complete questionnaire. Marital conflict questionnaire developed by Sanaee and Toraby (1998) and questionnaire of record frequency of conflict during week applied as measure equipment. The questionnaire was completed one week before and one week after carrying out marital therapy on three groups. Results indicate a number of sessions marital therapy with family of original significantly less than only marital therapy and effectiveness of marital therapy with family of original more than only marital therapy indeed after three month marital therapy with family of original stable and durable of only marital therapy.

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