Couples in Treatment: Techniques and Approaches for Effective Practice Book

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Introduction
Pt. I	Basic Principles and Processes of Couples Therapy
1	Assessment and Case Formulation	3
2	Orienting Couples to Therapy	20
3	Balanced Intervention	33
4	Systemic Intervention	48
5	Moving from Content to Process	57
6	Building and Managing Intensity	70
7	Individual Therapy and Systemic Intervention	85
8	Working with Highly Reactive and Narcissistically Wounded Couples	96
Pt. II	Basic Approaches and Techniques
9	Enhancing Intimacy in Relationships	109
10	Reframing	127
11	Communication Techniques	136
12	Conflict Resolution	149
13	Cognitive Techniques	175
14	Techniques of Marital Contracting	193
15	Feelings	203
16	Extending Techniques from the Office to Home Using Homework	215
17	Treating the Extramarital Affair	226
	Afterword	264
	References	266
	Index	277
	About the Authors	289