A Clinician's Guide to Maintaining and Enhancing Close Relationships

This edited book highlights cutting-edge applications and research on the maintenance and enhancement of close romantic relationships. First rate contributors cover a breadth of topics from specific problems such as alcoholism to theraputic interventions

John H. Harvey, Amy Wenzel

Contents: A. Wenzel, J.H. Harvey, Maintaining and Enhancing Close Relationships: Linking Theory With Practice. Part I:Theoretical Links to Practice.M. Masuda, S. Duck, Issues in Ebb and Flow: Management and Maintenance of Relationships as a Skilled Activity. A.L. Vangelisti, K. Maguire, Hurtful Messages in Family Relationships: When the Pain Lingers. L.J. Simms, The Application of Attachment Theory to Individual Behavior and Functioning in Close Relationships: Theory, Research, and Practical Applications. E.M. Cummings, M. Graham, Couples' and Childrens' Functioning in Families: Toward a Family Perspective on Relationship Maintenance and Enhancement. L.H. Ganong, M. Coleman, S. Weaver, Relationship Maintenance and Enhancement in Stepfamilies: Clinical Applications. Part II:Psychopathology and Close Relationships.S.F. Banawan, H.A. O'Mahen, S.R.H. Beach, M.H. Jackson, The Empirical Underpinnings of Marital Therapy for Depression. K.E. Larsen, M.W. O'Hara, The Effects of Postpartum Depression on Close Relationships. L.C. Jackson, A. Wenzel, Anxiety Disorders and Relationships: Implications for Etiology, Functionality, and Treatment. A. Wenzel, Characteristics of Close Relationships in Individuals With Social Phobia: A Preliminary Comparison With Nonanxious Individuals. S.L. Dolan, P.E. Nathan, When One Marital Partner Is an Alcoholic. Part III:Prevention and Intervention.N.D. Monarch, S.G. Hartman, S.W. Whitton, H.J. Markman, The Role of Clinicians in the Prevention of Marital Distress and Divorce. D.K. Snyder, Integrating Insight-Oriented Techniques Into Couple Therapy. F.D. Fincham, S.R.H. Beach, Forgiveness: Toward a Public Health Approach to Intervention. Part IV:Commentaries.P. Schwartz, Maintaining Relationships in the Millennium. L. Sperry, The Relevance of the Biological Dimension and Biopsychosocial Therapy in Maintaining and Enhancing Close Relationships.