Because relationship discord and dissolution are common and costly, interventions are
needed to treat distressed couples and to prevent distress among vulnerable couples. We …

▪ Abstract A substantial body of empirical research has documented both the promise and
the shortcomings of psychological interventions for preventing or ameliorating marital …

Drawing from the ''unified protocol for emotional disorders''by David Barlow, Laura Allen,
and colleagues (Allen, McHugh, & Barlow, 2008; Barlow, Allen, & Choate, 2004) and …

The current article presents a review of the published research from 2010 to 2019 on the
treatment of couple relationship distress; 37 studies met all criteria for inclusion. Behavioral …

The similarity in efficacy of evidence-based couple therapies suggests that it may be useful
to identify those treatment principles they hold in common. Expanding on the previous …

This article reviews the research on couple therapy over the last decade. The research
shows that couple therapy positively impacts 70% of couples receiving treatment. The …

Couple therapy—across a number of different theoretical approaches—has been shown to
be an effective treatment for a variety of individual and relationship difficulties. Moreover …

Across nearly all cultures, sharing a lifelong committed relationship with an intimate partner
comprises an almost universal and strongly held ambition. Nevertheless, cross-national data …

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 …

Meta‐analyses of randomized controlled trials of couple therapy find large improvements in
couple adjustment, but published evaluations of the effectiveness of couple therapy in …