About the Editors xi -- The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy -- List of Contributors xv -- Preface xxix -- Volume 3 Preface xxxii -- Systemic Family Therapy with Couples -- Foreword xxxvii -- Part I Overview 1 -- 1 Current Status and Challenges in Systemic Family Therapy with Couples 3 / Douglas K. Snyder and Christina M. Balderrama-Durbin -- 2 Systematic and Culturally Sensitive Assessment of Couple Distress 27 / Christina M. Balderrama-Durbin, Douglas K. Snyder, Richard E. Heyman, and Stephen N. Haynes -- Part II Problems in the Couple Relationship 49 -- 3 Prevention of Couple Distress: Education, Enrichment Programs, and Premarital Counseling 51 / Ryan G. Carlson, Andrew P. Daire, and Christopher J. Hipp--4 Treating Common Couple Concerns 77 / Lee M. Williams -- 5 Couple Violence: In-Depth Assessment and Systemic Interventions 99 / Sandra M. Stith, Chelsea M. Spencer, and Mona Mittal -- 6 Working with Queer Couples 123 / Katie M. Heiden-Rootes, Sheila M. Addison, and J. Douglas Pettinelli -- 7 Clinical Work with Intercultural Couples 155 / Reenee Singh, Kyle D. Killian, Dharam Bhugun, and Shu-Tsen Tseng -- Part III Couple-Involved Therapies to Address Individual Disorders 185 -- 8 Couple Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorders 187 / Keith Klostermann and Timothy J. O'Farrell -- 9 Couple-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders 207 / Andrea K. Wittenborn, Brian R.W. Baucom, Feea R. Leifker, and E. Megan Lachmar -- 10 Posttraumatic Stress and Couples 227 / Adrian J. Blow, Briana S. Nelson Goff, Adam M. Farero, and Lauren M. Ruhlmann -- 11 General and Health-Related Stress and Couples' Coping 253 / Guy Bodenmann and Ashley K. Randall -- Part IV Special Issues 269 -- 12 Therapy with Individuals and Couples Deciding to Continue or End Their Relationship 271 / Steven M. Harris and Eugene L. Hall -- 13 Therapy for Divorcing Couples: Managing the Transition Out of the Relationship 295 / Scott C Huff, Melinda Stafford Markham, Nicole R. Larkin, and Erin R. Bauer -- 14 Therapy with Remarried and Stepfamilies 317 / Andrew S. Brimhall -- 15 Affair Recovery in Couple Therapy 343 / Tina M. Timm and Katherine Hertlein -- 16 Integrating Couple Therapy into Work with Sexual Dysfunctions 363 / Katherine Hertlein, Tina M. Timm, and Carissa D'Aniello -- 17 Couples and Infertility 385 / Karina M. Shreffler, Kami L. Gallus, Brennan Peterson, and Arthur L. Greil -- 18 Grief and Loss Effects in the Couple Relationship 407 / Ileana Ungureanu and Cadmona A. Hall -- 19 Couples in Later Life: The Process of Becoming 429 / Jennifer J. Lambert-Shute, Hoa N. Nguyen, and Christine A. Fruhauf -- 20 Clinical Work with Unpartnered Individuals Seeking a Long-Term Intimate Relationship 461 / Jeffrey B. Jackson and Nicole Sabatini Gutierrez -- Part V Future Directions 487 -- 21 Couple Therapy: Therapist Development, Innovations in Treatment, and Needed Research 489 / Benjamin E. Caldwell -- 22 Improving Couple Interventions for Underserved Populations 511 / Shruti Singh Poulsen -- 23 Public Policy and Systemic Family Therapy for Couples 533 / William J. Doherty -- Index 551