Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-441) and index.
Contents
Research and theory. Myths and mistakes of marital therapy -- Repair and the core triad of balance -- The sound marital house: a theory of marriage -- Assessment. The assessment of marriage -- The disasters and masters of marriage -- Intervention. Assumptions and intervention overview -- Enhancing the marital friendship -- Solving what is solvable -- Living with the inevitable -- Life dreams and shared meanings -- Resistance to change -- Avoiding relapse -- Pulling it all together: working as a team and terminating therapy -- Emotion and meta-emotion -- Buffering children from marital conflict.