Main description:

*The authoritative, strong-selling text and clinical guide, thoroughly revised: 70% new material includes 16 new chapters.
*New chapter topics include ACT, socioculturally attuned therapy, therapy with queer couples, with older couples, and more.
*A field leader; competing titles are dated or less comprehensive.
*Editors and contributors are top experts, many of whom developed the approaches covered.

Contents:

I. Overview and Guiding Principles
1. Couple Therapy in the 21st Century, Jay L. Lebow & Douglas K. Snyder
2. Couple Assessment, Douglas K. Snyder & Christina Balderrama-Durbin
II. Models of Couple Therapy
- Behavioral Approaches
3. Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy, Donald H. Baucom, Norman B. Epstein, Melanie S. Fischer, Jennifer S. Kirby, & Jaslean J. LaTaillade
4. Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, Andrew Christensen, Sona Dimidjian, Christopher R. Martell, & Brian D. Doss
5. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples, Erika Lawrence, Aaron Samuel Cohn, & Samuel H. Allen
- Emotion-Centered, Psychodynamic, and Multigenerational Approaches
6. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, Susan M. Johnson, Stephanie A. Wiebe, & Robert Allan
7. Object Relations Couple Therapy, Judith P. Siegel
8. Mentalization-Based Couple Therapy, Efrain Bleiberg, Ellen Safier, & Peter Fonagy
9. Intergenerational Factors in Couple Therapy, Mona DeKoven Fishbane
- Poststructural Approaches
10. Narrative Couple Therapy, Jill Freedman & Gene Combs
11. Solution-Focused Couple Therapy, Cynthia Franklin, Anao Zhang, Kristin Bolton, & Helen Taylor Yates
12. Socioculturally Attuned Couple Therapy, Carmen Knudson-Martin & Lana Kim
- Integrative Approaches
13. Common Factors in Couple Therapy, Sean Davis
14. Integrative Systemic Therapy for Couples, Douglas C. Breunlin, William P. Russell, Anthony L. Chambers, & Alexandra H. Solomon
15. Therapeutic Palette Integrative Couple Therapy, Peter Fraenkel
16. Gottman Method Couple Therapy, John Mordechai Gottman & Julie Schwartz Gottman
III. Applications of Couple Therapy
- Specific Relational Issues and Populations
17. Couple Therapy for Partner Aggression, Norman B. Epstein, Jaslean J. LaTaillade, & Carol A. Werlinich
18. Couple Therapy for Infidelity, Kristina Coop Gordon, Erica A. Mitchell, Donald H. Baucom, & Douglas K. Snyder
19. Couple Therapy and Sexuality, Kathryn S. K. Hall & Daniel N. Watter
20. Therapy with Older Adult Couples, Bob G. Knight
21. Divorce Issues in Couple Therapy, Jay L. Lebow
22. Therapy with Stepfamily Couples, Patricia L. Papernow
23. Therapy with Queer Couples, Deb Coolhart
- Couple-Based Therapy for Individual Problems
24. Couple Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Candice M. Monson & Steffany J. Fredman
25. Couple Therapy for Alcohol Problems, Barbara S. McCrady, Elizabeth E. Epstein, & Cathryn Glanton Holzhauer
26. Couple Therapy for Depression or Anxiety, Mark A. Whisman, Steven R. H. Beach, & Joanne Davila
27. Couple Therapy with Parents of Youth with ADHD or Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Frances A. Wymbs, Brian T. Wymbs, & Will H. Canu
28. Couple Therapy and Medical Issues, Nancy Breen Ruddy & Susan H. McDaniel
- Special Topics
29. Relationship Enhancement and Distress Prevention, Ryan G. Carlson, Galena K. Rhoades, Sabrina Johnson, Scott M. Stanley, & Howard J. Markman
30. Telehealth and Digital Couple Interventions, Brian D. Doss, Kayla C. Knopp, Elizabeth R. Wrape, & Leslie A. Morland
31. Ethical Issues in Couple Therapy, Gayla Margolin, Elana B. Gordis, & Hannah F. Rasmussen