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Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Provides an overview of the theory and practice of contemporary couple therapy. Topics include cognitive-behavioral couple therapy. emotionally focused therapy, transgenerational therapy, separation and divorce issues, and treatment of psychiatric and medical disorders. For psychotherapists. Previous edition: c2002. DNLM: Marital Therapy-methods.

Alan S. Gurman, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Family Therapy Training at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He has edited and written many influential books, including Theory and Practice of Brief Therapy (with Simon H. Budman), the Handbook of Family Therapy (with David P. Kniskern), and Essential Psychotherapies (with Stanley B. Messer). A past two-term Editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy and former President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Dr. Gurman's distinguished contributions to marital and family therapy have been recognized with awards from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Family Therapy Academy, and the American Psychological Association. More recently, he received a national teaching award from the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. A pioneer in the development of integrative approaches to couple therapy, Dr. Gurman maintains an active clinical practice in Madison, Wisconsin.

A Framework for the Comparative Study of Couple Therapy: History, Models, and Applications	p. 1
Models of Couple Therapy
Behavioral Approaches
Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy	p. 31
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy	p. 73
Humanistic-Existential Approaches
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy	p. 107
Gottman Method Couple Therapy	p. 138
Psychodynamic and Transgenerational Approaches
Object Relations Couple Therapy	p. 167
Transgenerational Couple Therapy	p. 196
Social Constructionist Approaches
Narrative Couple Therapy	p. 229
Solution-Focused Couple Therapy	p. 259
Systemic Approaches
Brief Strategic Couple Therapy	p. 299
Structural Couple Therapy	p. 323
Integrative Approaches
Affective-Reconstructive Couple Therapy: A Pluralistic, Developmental Approach	p. 353
Integrative Couple Therapy: A Depth-Behavioral Approach	p. 383
Applications of Couple Therapy: Special Populations, Problems, and Issues
Rupture and Repair of Relational Bonds: Affairs, Divorce, Violence, and Remarriage
Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Affairs	p. 429
Separation and Divorce Issues in Couple Therapy	p. 459
Couple Therapy and Physical Aggression	p. 478
Couple Therapy with Remarried Partners	p. 499
Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Psychiatric and Medical Disorders
Couple Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse	p. 523
Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Depression	p. 545
Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Borderline Personality and Related Disorders	p. 567
Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction	p. 591
Couple Therapy and Medical Issues: Working with Couples Facing Illness	p. 618
Couple Therapy in Broader Context
Gender Issues in the Practice of Couple Therapy	p. 641
Gay and Lesbian Couples in Therapy: Minority Stress, Relational Ambiguity, and Families of Choice	p. 662
African American Couples in Therapy	p. 681
Legal and Ethical Issues in Couple Therapy	p. 698
Index	p. 718
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