Cognitive‐behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) is an approach to assisting couples that has
strong empirical support for alleviating relationship distress. This paper provides a review of …

Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) has grown rapidly to become one of the
evidence-based treatments for couples' general relationship distress as well as for the …

BACKGROUND Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) has been developed,
adapted, and expanded over recent decades as a highly efficacious intervention to assist …

Highlights•Cognitive, affective and behavioral components of CBCT address relationship
stresses.•CBCT enhances couple coping with psychopathology and physical health …

Twenty treatment outcome studies, 13 of which evaluated behavioral couples therapy (BCT)
and seven of which evaluated emotionally focused therapy (EFT) were reviewed, leading to …

Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), developed by Drs. Andrew Christensen and
Neil Jacobson, builds off the tradition of behavioral couple therapy by including acceptance …

Highlights•Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) broadens the traditional behavioral
theory of couple distress and of intervention.•Three clinical trials support the efficacy of …

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 …

Couple therapy research affirms that various approaches to couple treatment produce
statistically and clinically significant improvement for a substantial proportion of couples in …

Close relationships and mental health are two key ingredients to living a meaningful, fulfilled
life. These two domains are the central focus of Treating Relationship Distress and …