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 …

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

Associations between depressive symptoms and relationship distress are well-established,
but little is known about these linkages among Black couples, or about the role of …

The following topics are discussed: racism, discrimination, and economic burdens on African
American couples; the importance of home as a safe place for African Americans; strengths …

This article discusses unique considerations for a culturally sensitive emotionally focused
therapy (EFT) for African American couples. EFT is an empirically supported treatment that …

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 …

Racial socialization (RS) is one of the most important practices Black parents undertake to
promote the well-being of Black children. However, research has not examined how Black …

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

BACKGROUND It has long been known that physical and psychological aggression occur
frequently in couple relationships, but couples' private lives were treated as a taboo topic …

The current study examined the effectiveness of the Prevention and Relationship
Enhancement Program (PREP) with lower‐income and racial/ethnic minority (African …