Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy

"This is a remarkably good book, and by any standard it obviously achieves the goal of providing readers with a wealth of information about a variety of theoretical perspectives that apply to couple therapy and about the clinical issues that arise in this context. I strongly recommend this book to professionals who work regularly with couples, to therapy outcome researchers who want to know more about the kinds of interventions that are available in this area, and to basic relationship investigators who are conducting research designed to clarify how relationships function. ... essential reading for students who are learning to intervene with couples; the chapters would provide an outstanding foundation for students in clinical practice. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to someone who already owns the original version." --Thomas N. Bradbury, Contemporary Psychology "...logical, thoughtful, and comprehensive. Its carefully designed chapters broach some potentially difficult themes and effectively reflect the current paradigm shifts in the industry from curative targeting to the offering of a useful therapist-patient alliance. The strength of this collection of articles is in its organization. ....the ambitious scope of this volume is amply fulfilled. ...if one's orientation is synchronous with a humanistic method, much of what this book has to say will be welcome, new, and applicable." Laura L. Post, Oakland, CA. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy "This Handbook will certainly supplant its predecessor as the essential reference in its field, useful both to students as an introductory text and to experience practitioners as compendium of the state of the art....Excellent and should be read by every therapist." --Sam R. Hamburg in Child and Family Behavior Therapy "...each chapter of this handbook is a resource in itself...This is an important book for all practitioners and an excellent text for teaching and training." --Lois Braverman, MSW, Readings "We have only belatedly recognized that the fallout from the personal misery of marital strife has social consequences (alcoholism, crime, drug addiction, child abuse, accidents, etc.). Recognizing the centrality of couple therapy, Jacobson and Gurman published in 1986 the Clinical Handbook of Marital Therapy. This excellent text became the standard for coverage of the field. Now, with the publication of the Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, these authors have amassed a group of contributors who not only describe changes in treatment models for couples, but demonstrate today's sophisticated understanding of the complexities of this most intimate of adult relationships. Clinicians who treat couples cannot do without this book." --James L. Framo, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, United States International University, San Diego, CA "The Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, edited by Jacobson and Gurman, is an excellent contribution to the marital and family therapy literature. Written in the tradition of the fine first edition of this work, Jacobson and Gurman have selected state-of-the-art chapters representative of contemporary couple therapy. None of the chapters in the current edition are repeats of the older edition which both speaks to how the field is changing and the editors attention to making this a unique contribution of selected works that what will in time likely prove to be the text of choice in the field for training marital and family therapists in couples therapy. I used the first edition of this work for five years and finally dropped it in favor of more recent volumes that were available. I am pleased to see this new edition coming out just in time for my class in Marital Therapy. Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy is essential reading for students, trainees, and seasoned clinicians alike. It offers a good integrative overview of key theories, priJacobson, Neil S. is the author of 'Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy' with ISBN 9780898628555 and ISBN 0898628555.