Ch. 1. A Framework for the Comparative Study of Couple Therapy: History, Models, and Applications / Alan S. Gurman -- Pt. I. Models of Couple Therapy -- Behavioral Approaches -- Ch. 2. Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy / Donald H. Baucom, Norman B. Epstein, Jaslean J. LaTaillade and Jennifer S. Kirby -- Ch. 3. Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy / Sona Dimidjian, Christopher R. Martell and Andrew Christensen -- Humanistic-Existential Approaches -- Ch. 4. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy / Susan M. Johnson -- Ch. 5. Gottman Method Couple Therapy / John Mordechai Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman -- Psychodynamic and Transgenerational Approaches -- Ch. 6. Object Relations Couple Therapy / Jill Savege Scharff and David E. Scharff -- Ch. 7. Transgenerational Couple Therapy / Laura Roberto-Forman -- Social Constructionist Approaches -- Ch. 8. Narrative Couple Therapy / Jill Freedman and Gene Combs -- Ch. 9. Solution-Focused Couple Therapy / Michael F. Hoyt -- Systemic Approaches -- Ch. 10. Brief Strategic Couple Therapy / Varda Shoham, Michael J. Rohrbaugh and Audrey A. Cleary -- Ch. 11. Structural Couple Therapy / George M. Simon -- Integrative Approaches -- Ch. 12. Affective-Reconstructive Couple Therapy: A Pluralistic, Developmental Approach / Douglas K. Snyder and Alexandra E. Mitchell -- Ch. 13. Integrative Couple Therapy: A Depth-Behavioral Approach / Alan S. Gurman -- Pt. II. Applications of Couple Therapy: Special Populations, Problems, and Issues -- Rupture and Repair of Relational Bonds: Affairs, Divorce, Violence, and Remarriage -- Ch. 14. Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Affairs / Kristina Coop Gordon, Donald H. Baucom, Douglas K. Snyder and Lee J. Dixon -- Ch. 15. Separation and Divorce Issues in Couple Therapy / Jay Lebow -- Ch. 16. Couple Therapy and Physical Aggression / K. Daniel O'Leary -- Ch. 17. Couple Therapy with Remarried Partners / James H. Bray -- Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Psychiatric and Medical Disorders -- Ch. 18. Couple Therapy for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse / Gary R. Birchler, William Fals-Stewart and Timothy J. O'Farrell -- Ch. 19. Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Depression / Steven R. H. Beach, Jessica A. Dreifuss, Kameron J. Franklin, Charles Kamen and Barbara Gabriel -- Ch. 20. Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Borderline Personality and Related Disorders / Alan E. Fruzzetti and Barrett Fantozzi -- Ch. 21. Couple Therapy and the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction / Barry W. McCarthy and Maria Thestrup -- Ch. 22. Couple Therapy and Medical Issues: Working with Couples Facing Illness / Nancy Breen Ruddy and Susan H. McDaniel -- Couple Therapy in Broader Context -- Ch. 23. Gender Issues in the Practice of Couple Therapy / Carmen Knudson-Martin -- Ch. 24. Gay and Lesbian Couples in Therapy: Minority Stress, Relational Ambiguity, and Families of Choice / Robert-Jay Green and Valory Mitchell -- Ch. 25. African American Couples in Therapy / Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Shalonda Kelly and Jennifer Durham -- Ch. 26. Legal and Ethical Issues in Couple Therapy / Michael C. Gottlieb, Jon Lasser and Georganna L. Simpson.