Len Sperry, Jon Carlson, and Paul R. Peluso

This new edition is comprehensive, clinically relevant, and thoroughly up-to-date. Since the publication of the first edition fourteen years ago, couples therapy—driven, in part, by managed care’s requirements for accountability—has become increasingly integrative and research-based. This recognition is reflected in a number of new and powerful approaches and methods that are significantly impacting clinical practice and treatment results.

These and other developments are incorporated into the second edition, which is nearly twice as long as the first. Couples Therapy retains a balance between the theoretical and the clinical, with ample description of techniques and methods and compelling case examples that illustrate theory and technique. Mental health professionals, family counselors, social workers, and other professionals will find this book to be a valuable resource in working with the changing pattern of the clinical practice of couples therapy.

Special Features

• Panoramic view of changing social and cultural trends that influence the institution of marriage
• Covers new ideas for resolving distress in intimate relationships
• Includes assessment and intervention strategies that work
• Practical techniques for working with domestic violence, substance abuse, and conflict resolution
• Explores the elements of relational ethics for professionals in the field

Contents

1. Psychological and Contextual Factors in Couples Relationships
2. Functional and Dysfunctional Couples Relationships
3. Biological and Neurological Factors in Couples Relationships
4. Insight-Oriented Approaches to Couples Therapy
5. Cognitive–Behavioral Approaches to Couples Therapy
6. Structural, Strategic, and Other Systemic Approaches to Couples Therapy
7. Adlerian and Constructivist Approaches to Couples Therapy
8. Affective Approaches to Couples Therapy
9. Integrative Approaches to Couples Therapy
10. Assessment in Couples Therapy
11. Intervention in Couples Therapy
12. Clinical Issues in Couples Therapy: Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence
13. Clinical Issues in Couples Therapy: Sexual Dysfunction, Separation, and Divorce
14. Research and Couples Therapy
15. Professional and Ethical Practice of Couples Therapy
16. Training, Supervision, Licensure, and the Practice of Couples Therapy in the 21st Century

0602/448 pages/2005
Paperback
ISBN 978-0-89108-315-3
$70.00