Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. EMOTION IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS: THEORY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THERAPY PART II: AFFECT IN COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND THERAPY Section A: Dynamic Approaches: Ego-Analytic and Attachment 2. THE EGO-ANALYTIC APPROACH TO EMOTION IN COUPLES THERAPY 3. FROM SYMPTOM TO SIGNAL: AN ATTACHMENT VIEW OF EMOTION IN MARITAL THERAPY Section B: Humanistic and Experiential Approaches 4. HELPING COUPLES MAKE AUTHENTIC EMOTIONAL CONTACT 5. A SPIRAL MODEL OF INTIMACY 6. THE ROLE OF EMOTION IN RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT MARITAL/FAMILY THERAPY Section C: Systemic Approaches 7. EMOTION IN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEMIC MARITAL 8. EMOTION AND FAMILY LIVING: THE PERSPECTIVE

About the Author

Susan M. Johnson, Ed.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Director of the Marital and Family Therapy Clinic, Civic Hospital, Ottawa. Leslie S. Greenberg, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at York University, Canada.