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Volume III of The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy focuses on therapy with couples. Information on the effectiveness of relational treatment is included along with consideration of the most appropriate modality for treatment. Developed in partnership with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), it will appeal to clinicians, such as couple, marital, and family therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists. It will also benefit researchers, educators, and graduate students involved in CMFT.
Karen S. Wampler, PhD, retired as Professor and Chair of the Human Development and Family Studies department at Michigan State University. She previously served as Department Chair, Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Program Director, and the C. R. and Virginia Hutcheson Professor at Texas Tech University. Prior to that, she developed and directed the MFT Program at the University of Georgia. Her research focused on applying attachment theory to couple interaction, family therapy process research, and observational measures of relationships. A past editor of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, she received the AAMFT Contribution to MFT, NCFR Distinguished Service to Family Therapy, and NCFR Kathleen Briggs Mentor Awards.
Adrian J. Blow, PhD, works as a couple and family therapy intervention researcher and educator at Michigan State University. Adrian is a Professor and Chair in the Human Development and Family Studies department and a core faculty member of the Couple and Family Therapy program. He studies families and trauma, military families, resilience processes in couples, and change processes (common factors) in interventions pertaining to Systemic Family Therapy. He has acquired over 2 million dollars in research grants as Principal Investigator and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He has mentored many students and in 2017 was awarded the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Training Award, which recognizes excellence in family therapy education.
About the Editors xi
The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy
List of Contributors xv
Preface xxix
Volume 3 Preface xxxii
Systemic Family Therapy with Couples
Foreword xxxvii
Part I Overview 1
1 Current Status and Challenges in Systemic Family Therapy with Couples 3Douglas K. Snyder and Christina M. Balderrama‐Durbin
2 Systematic and Culturally Sensitive Assessment of Couple Distress 27Christina M. Balderrama‐Durbin, Douglas K. Snyder, Richard E. Heyman, and Stephen N. Haynes
Part II Problems in the Couple Relationship 49
3 Prevention of Couple Distress: Education, Enrichment Programs, and Premarital Counseling 51Ryan G. Carlson, Andrew P. Daire, and Christopher J. Hipp
4 Treating Common Couple Concerns 77Lee M. Williams
5 Couple Violence: In-Depth Assessment and Systemic Interventions 99Sandra M. Stith, Chelsea M. Spencer, and Mona Mittal
6 Working with Queer Couples 123Katie M. Heiden‐Rootes, Sheila M. Addison, and J. Douglas Pettinelli
7 Clinical Work with Intercultural Couples 155Reenee Singh, Kyle D. Killian, Dharam Bhugun, and Shu‐Tsen Tseng
Part III Couple-Involved Therapies to Address Individual Disorders 185
8 Couple Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorders 187Keith Klostermann and Timothy J. O’Farrell
9 Couple-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders 207Andrea K. Wittenborn, Brian R.W. Baucom, Feea R. Leifker, and E. Megan Lachmar
10 Posttraumatic Stress and Couples 227Adrian J. Blow, Briana S. Nelson Goff, Adam M. Farero, and Lauren M. Ruhlmann
11 General and Health-Related Stress and Couples’ Coping 253Guy Bodenmann and Ashley K. Randall
Part IV Special Issues 269
12 Therapy with Individuals and Couples Deciding to Continue or End Their Relationship 271Steven M. Harris and Eugene L. Hall
13 Therapy for Divorcing Couples: Managing the Transition Out of the Relationship 295Scott C Huff, Melinda Stafford Markham, Nicole R. Larkin, and Erin R. Bauer
14 Therapy with Remarried and Stepfamilies 317Andrew S. Brimhall
15 Affair Recovery in Couple Therapy 343Tina M. Timm and Katherine Hertlein
16 Integrating Couple Therapy into Work with Sexual Dysfunctions 363Katherine Hertlein, Tina M. Timm, and Carissa D’Aniello
17 Couples and Infertility 385Karina M. Shreffler, Kami L. Gallus, Brennan Peterson, and Arthur L. Greil
18 Grief and Loss Effects in the Couple Relationship 407Ileana Ungureanu and Cadmona A. Hall
19 Couples in Later Life: The Process of Becoming 429Jennifer J. Lambert‐Shute, Hoa N. Nguyen, and Christine A. Fruhauf
20 Clinical Work with Unpartnered Individuals Seeking a Long-Term Intimate Relationship 461Jeffrey B. Jackson and Nicole Sabatini Gutierrez
Part V Future Directions 487
21 Couple Therapy: Therapist Development, Innovations in Treatment, and Needed Research 489Benjamin E. Caldwell
22 Improving Couple Interventions for Underserved Populations 511Shruti Singh Poulsen
23 Public Policy and Systemic Family Therapy for Couples 533William J. Doherty
Index 551
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