Couple Therapy

Len Sperry, MD, PhD, is Professor at Florida Atlantic University, AAMFT Clinical Fellow, Editor at American Journal of Family Therapy, and author of Recovery of Intimacy in Love Relationships, Family Assessment, Family Therapy Techniques, The Intimate Couple, and The Disordered Couple. Paul R. Peluso, PhD, is Professor and Chair at Florida Atlantic University, Past-President of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counseling, author of A Family Systems Guide to Infidelity, coauthor of Principles of Counseling and Psychotherapy, and Series Editor of Family Systems Counseling: Innovations Then and Now.

INTRODUCTION: THE PRESENT PRACTICE OF COUPLES THERAPY 1. Psychological and Contextual Factors in Couples Relationships SECTION 1: SCIENCE AND COUPLES RELATIONSHIPS 2. Biological and Neurological Factors in Couples Relationships 3. Functional and Dysfunctional Couples Relationships SECTION 2: THEORIES OF COUPLES THERAPY 4. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Couples Therapy 5. Cognitive Behavioral Approaches to Couples Therapy 6. Structural and Strategic Approaches to Couples Therapy 7. Adlerian and Constructivist Approaches to Couples Therapy 8. Third Wave and Integrative Approaches to Couples Therapy SECTION 3: THE PRACTICE OF COUPLES THERAPY 9. Assessment and Case Conceptualization in Couples Therapy 10. Interventions in Couples Therapy 11. Professional and Ethical Practice of Couples Therapy 12. Substance Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence 13. Sexual Dysfunction and Infidelity 14. Aging, Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE PRACTICE OF COUPLES THERAPY 15. Preparing to Practice Couples Therapy in the Near and Distant Future APPENDIX: Codes of Professional Ethics Relevant to the Practice of Couples Therapy