The gap between couple therapy research efficacy and practice effectiveness

WK Halford, CA Pepping, J Petch - Journal of marital and family …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Meta‐analyses of randomized controlled trials of couple therapy find large improvements in
couple adjustment, but published evaluations of the effectiveness of couple therapy in …

Current status and future directions in couple therapy

DK Snyder, AM Castellani, MA Whisman - Annu. Rev. Psychol., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Couple therapy research affirms that various approaches to couple treatment produce
statistically and clinically significant improvement for a substantial proportion of couples in …

Meta-analysis of couple therapy: Effects across outcomes, designs, timeframes, and other moderators.

MKK Roddy, LM Walsh, K Rothman… - Journal of Consulting …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: This study updated existing meta-analyses of couple therapy that typically do not
include multiple treatment modalities, various research designs, long-term outcomes, or …

Evidence‐based couple therapy: Current status and future directions

DK Snyder, WK Halford - Journal of Family Therapy, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Several approaches to couple therapy produce large and clinically significant reductions in
relationship distress. However, 25 to 30 per cent of couples show no benefit from couple …

Research on the treatment of couple distress

JL Lebow, AL Chambers, A Christensen… - Journal of Marital …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews the research on couple therapy over the last decade. The research
shows that couple therapy positively impacts 70% of couples receiving treatment. The …

The effectiveness of couple therapy in Germany: A replication study

N Klann, K Hahlweg, DH Baucom… - Journal of marital and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The utility of couple therapy has been investigated in a number of controlled clinical efficacy
investigations, demonstrating the superiority of most forms of couple therapy relative to …

Developments in couple therapy research.

JK Gollan, NS Jacobson - 2002 - psycnet.apa.org
In this chapter, the authors begin with a brief review of clinical research on couple
interventions to illustrate the research strategies espoused in the model of family psychology …

The Norway couple project: Lessons learned

JA Sparks - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Couple therapists in routine practice may find it difficult to apply findings from an increasingly
expanding and complex body of couple therapy research. Meanwhile, concerns have been …

Common principles of couple therapy

LA Benson, MM McGinn, A Christensen - Behavior therapy, 2012 - Elsevier
The similarity in efficacy of evidence-based couple therapies suggests that it may be useful
to identify those treatment principles they hold in common. Expanding on the previous …

Methodologically sound, cost-effective research on the outcome of couple therapy.

A Christensen, DH Baucom, CTA Vu… - Journal of Family …, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org
Because of its potential to answer pressing applied questions about what treatments to use
with which couples as well as its potential to answer basic questions about couple …