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

This essential handbook describes effective treatments for a particularly challenging clinical
population: couples struggling with both relationship distress and individual mental health …

This article is a review of the association of individual and marital problems. The focus is on
depression, alcohol abuse, anxiety disorders, and the functional psychoses, each of which …

Objective: Although low-income couples experience greater relationship challenges, they
have limited access to effective relationship interventions. Furthermore, most previous efforts …

This chapter reviews the evolving field of evidence-based couple relationship education
(RE). RE is aimed at helping couples sustain a mutually satisfying, committed relationship. In …

Objective: Within the United States, one third of married couples are distressed and almost
half of first marriages (and more than half of unmarried cohabiting relationships) end in …

Globally, one out of three people suffer from a mental health issue during their lifetime. In
romantic relationships, impaired mental health does not only affect the individual but also …

Current couples approaches to the treatment of depression show considerable promise for
some couples, but have substantial room for improvement–in terms of efficacy as well as …

Relationship education is widely available to couples and is intended to reduce the
prevalence of relationship distress, divorce, and the associated personal and social costs …

Over the past decade, public funding for Couple and Relationship Education programs has
expanded. As program administrators have been able to extend their reach to low‐income …