Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy

'Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy is an indispensable guide to the field. Nowhere is there a better indepth description of the full range of approaches to doing therapy with couples. The third edition of this classic is the best yet.' - Michael P. Nichols, PhD, author of Family Therapy: Concepts & Methods 'This comprehensive volume gives the best overview of couples therapy that's out there. Not only does it cover all of the major approaches to the treatment of couples, it has the most expert authors writing about the treatments, problems, and populations they know best. Once again, Alan Gurman and the late Neil Jacobson have assembled the definitive volume. There could be no better tribute to Dr. Jacobson, and to the duo's wonderful collaboration over the years.' - William M. Pinsof, PhD, The Family Institute at Northwestern University 'Each edition of this classic book is more impressive than the last. The coverage is uniquely comprehensive. The focus is consistently clinical and highly useful. The chapter authors are the best in the field. Have no doubt: this is the definitive text in the couple therapy field.' - William J. Doherty, PhD, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota

Alan S. Gurman, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Family Therapy at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He has edited or written many influential books, including [i]Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy[/i] (with Simon H. Budman) and [i]Essential Psychotherapies[/i] (with Stanley B. Messer). Dr. Gurman is a former Editor of the [i]Journal of Marital and Family Therapy[/i] and past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. His distinguished contributions to marital and family therapy research have been recognized with awards from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the American Family Therapy Academy, among others. A pioneer in the development of integrative approaches to couple therapy, Dr. Gurman maintains an active clinical practice in Madison, Wisconsin. <br>Neil S. Jacobson, PhD (deceased), was Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. A prolific contributor to the literature of both psychology and couple therapy, he published numerous influential books, including [i]Reconcilable Differences[/i] (with Andrew Christensen). Past President of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy and Master Lecturer for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Jacobson was at the forefront of the development of behavioral couple therapy, as well as the treatment of depression and domestic violence. His distinguished contributions to marital and family therapy research were recognized with awards from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and the American Family Therapy Academy, among others.<br>

I Section A Models of couple therapy - traditional approaches: Shoham, Rohrbaugh, brief strategic couple therapy; Baucom, N. Epstein, LaTaillade, cognitive-behavioural couple therapy; Scharff, Bagnini, object relations couple therapy; Keim, Lappin, structural-strategic marital therapy; Roberto-Forman, transgenerational marital therapy. Section B Integrative approaches: Snyder, Schneider, affective reconstruction - a pluralistic, developmental approach; Gurman, brief integrative marital therapy - a depth-behavioural approach; S. M. Johnson, Denton, emotionally focused couple therapy - creating secure connections; Dimidjian, Martell, Christensen, integrative behavioural couple therapy. Section C Postmodern approaches: Wile, collaborative couple therapy; Freedman, Combs, narrative couple therapy; Hoyt, solution-focused couple therapy. Section D psychoeducational and preventive approaches; Gottman, Driver, Tabares, building the sound marital house - an empirically derived couple therapy; Halford, Moore, relationship education and the prevention of couple relationship problems; Rogge, Cobb, M. Johnson, Lawrence, Bradbury, the CARE programme - a preventive approach to marital intervention. II Applications to special populations and problems - violence, trauma, infidelity, and divorce: Holtzworth-Munroe, Meehan, Rehman, Marshall, intimate partner violence - an introduction for couple therapists; Compton, Follette, couple therapy when a partner has a history of child sexual abuse; Glass, couple therapy after the trauma of infidelity; Emery, Sbarra, addressing separation and divorce during and after couple therapy. (Part contents).