1. At the Beginning -- 2. Out of All the Millions of People ... -- 3. Enduring Interactions and Collective Illusions -- 4. Competent Marriages and the Continuum of Marital Competence -- 5. A Theory of Marital Systems -- 6. Assessment: First Contacts -- 7. Assessment: A Structured Approach -- 8. Marital Therapy: Initial Considerations -- 9. Marital Therapy: Therapeutic Effects of the Assessment and Stabilizing the System -- 10. Marital Therapy: Teaching Relationship Skills.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and indexes.