| Principles, Evaluation, and Planning | |
| The Couples as a Unique System The Challenges of Becoming a Couple | |
| Dynamics of the Couple System | |
| Characteristics of Healthy Couples | |
| Psychosocial Factors in Couples Relationships | |
| What a Couple Goes Through: Tasks and Developmental Stages | |
| Theories of Couples Therapy: Part One Behavior Therapy Applied to Couples | |
| Psychodynamic and Object-Relations Approaches | |
| The Bowen Theory | |
| Theories of Couple Therapy: Part Two Structural and Strategic Therapies to Couples | |
| Brief Therapy Applied to Couples | |
| An Integrative Model for Couples Therapy Common Threads of the Theories | |
| An Integrative Model for Couples Therapy | |
| The Assessment of Couples and Their Problems Are Assessment and Treatment Really Separate? | |
| Biases and Assumptions in Assessment | |
| Assessment Using the Integrative Model | |
| Directions for Assessment: Individuals, Problems, and the Quality of the Relationship | |
| Using Tests and Informal Tools in Assessment | |
| The Initial Interview Using the Integrative Method Joining with the Couple | |
| Describing the Process of Treatment | |
| Making an Overall Assessment of the Couple's Functioning | |
| Beginning to Build a Solvable Definition of the Problem | |
| Offering Hope | |
| Assigning Tasks | |
| Goal Setting and Treatment Planning with Couples Forms of Diagnosis | |
| Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in the Integrative Model | |
| Collaborating on an Interactive Definition of the Problem | |
| Setting Goals | |
| Common Issues in The Life Of The Couple | |
| Treating Communication Problems: Issues and Skills The History of Communication in Couples Therapy | |
| Communication Fundamentals | |
| Assessment of Communication Problems and Strengths | |
| Common Communication Problems in Couples | |
| Communication Training Programs | |
| Conducting Communication Training in the Therapy Office | |
| Intimacy and Sexuality Intimacy | |
| Sexual Aspects of Relationships | |
| Sexuality and the Couple | |
| The Process of Sexuality Therapy | |
| Male and Female Sexual Dysfunctions | |
| Other Problems in the Sexual Relationship | |
| Ethical Concerns for Therapists Treating Sexual Issues | |
| Conflict: Negotiation and Resolution Sources of Conflict | |
| Verbal Conflict | |
| Conflict Issues and Patterns | |
| Developmental Stages of Couples Conflict | |
| Violence in the Couple | |
| Negotiation and Problem Solving for Couples | |
| Clinical Intervention | |
| Divorcing Couples Sociological Context: The Prevalence of Divorce | |
| Divorce Stage Theories | |
| Developmental Models of Divorce | |
| The Integrative Model and Divorce Therapy | |
| Intervention Strategies | |
| Infidelity in Relationships What Constitutes an Affair | |
| Why People Have Affairs | |
| Helping People Deal Constructively with Affairs: Practical Issues | |
| The Integrative Model and Couples Therapy | |
| Special Challenges | |
| Counseling Couples with Alcohol Problems Alcohol and the Couple | |
| Aspects of Alcoholism | |
| The Couple Relationship That Supports Alcoholism | |
| Therapy Techniques | |
| The Integrative Model and Couples with Alcohol Problems | |
| Blending Couples Blending Couples | |
| Stepfamily Development | |
| Therapy Issues for Blending Families | |
| The Integrative Model and Blending Couples | |
| Scenarios for Discussion and Role Playing | |
| Dual-Career Couples Sociological Context: Upheaval in the Family | |
| The Dual-Career Couple Defined | |
| The Lifestyle's Effect on the Couple | |
| Sources of Conflict and Support in the Dual-Career Lifestyle | |
| The Integrative Model and Dual-Career Couples | |
| Specific Intervention Methods | |
| Scenarios for Discussion and Role Playing | |
| Same-Sex Couples Sociological Context | |
| The Gay or Lesbian Lifestyle's Effect on the Couple | |
| Sources of Conflict in the Gay or Lesbian Lifestyle | |
| Therapy Issues for Same-Sex Couples | |
| The Integrative Model and Same-Sex Couples | |
| Scenarios for Discussion and Role Playing (Each chapter begins with a Key Concept and ends with a Conclusion) | |
| References | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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