Enhanced Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Couples

by Epstein, Norman B.; Baucom, Donald H.

• ISBN13: 9781557989123
• ISBN10: 1557989125
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Univ. of Maryland, College Park. Discusses the authors' enhanced cognitive-behavioral model which incorporates critical elements of couples' relationships previously missing in CBCT, including attention to personality styles, psychopathology, and unresolved issues from partners' past relationship experiences. For therapists.

Author Biography

Norman B. Epstein is professor in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Theoretical and Empirical Foundations	p. 1
Introduction	p. 9
Behavioral Factors in Couples' Relationship Problems	p. 27
Cognitive and Emotional Factors in Couples' Relationships	p. 65
Why Couples Are the Way They Are: Individual Influences	p. 105
Interpersonal Processes: Partners' Interactions With Each Other and Their Environment	p. 145
An Adaptation Model of Relationship Functioning	p. 181
Clinical Assessment and Intervention	p. 209
Assessment	p. 215
Conducting Couples Therapy	p. 269
Behavioral Interventions	p. 295
Interventions for Modifying Cognitions	p. 333
Addressing Emotions	p. 375
Interventions for Couple Patterns and Interactions	p. 403
Addressing Individual Psychopathology, Unresolved Issues, and Interpersonal Traumas Within Couple Therapy	p. 441
Interventions for Environmental Demands	p. 475
Concluding Remarks	p. 507
References	p. 517
Author Index	p. 545
Subject Index	p. 553
About the Authors	p. 569
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