Behavioral couple therapy (BCT) and emotionally focused couples therapy (EFCT) are well‐
established treatments to reduce couple distress. This meta‐analysis summarizes the …

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 …

Describes emotionally focused couple therapy. First, this chapter addresses the background
of this approach and its perspective on relationship health and distress. Then, key principles …

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 …

Although meta-analyses affirm that various treatments for couple distress produce
statistically and clinically significant outcomes, research findings also indicate that a large …

This chapter reviews conceptual frameworks for approaches to preventing distress and
divorce and promoting marital adjustment. Current approaches for preventing marital …

In this plenary address, presented at the Emotionally Focused Therapy “Summit” in 2006,
Sue Johnson describes attachment theory as the new way of understanding adult love. It …

Relationship functioning and individual mental health and well-being are strongly
associated with one another. In this article, we first review the cross-sectional and …

Couple relationship education (CRE) programs are intended to prevent negative couple
outcomes, however, some evidence suggests couples in greater distress may still benefit …

While evidence‐based couple therapies are available, only a minority of troubled couples
seek help and they often do this too late. To reach more couples earlier, the couple …