In this article, we discuss the role of the therapist in change in couple and family therapy. We
argue that the therapist is a key change ingredient in most successful therapy. We situate …

Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in
the practice of emotionally focused therapy. This second edition addresses the many …

The third edition of the hugely successful Handbook of Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology incorporates important advances in the field to provide a reliable and accessible …

Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book
addresses critical questions of how change occurs in couple and family therapy and how to …

A randomized clinical trial compared the effects of traditional behavioral couple therapy
(TBCT) and integrative behavioral couple therapy (IBCT) on 134 seriously and chronically …

In this article we argue that much of what makes one treatment effective is common to other
forms of effective treatment‐both in psychotherapy generally and in marital and family …

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

BaCkGROUnD EFT is an integration of an experiential/gestalt approach (eg, Perls,
Hefferline, & Goodman, 1951; Rogers, 1951) with an interactional/family systems approach …

This is the first study to evaluate adding emotionally focused therapy for couples (EFT) to
antidepressant medication in the treatment of women with major depressive disorder and …

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for couples was compared to pharmacotherapy in the
treatment of major depressive disorder. Eighteen distressed couples in which the female …