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Welcome to the Couples, Marriage, and Intimacy Research Guide

This guide helps to find information about couples, marriage and intimacy, including marital, couples, and sex therapy. Use the menu to explore and remember that your Harris librarians are available for additional help!

Getting Started

A good way to start your research is by locating resources that provide an overview of your topic, and give background information and identify potential keywords in your subject area. Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries offer good places to start.

Foundations for Couples' Therapy by Jennifer Fitzgerald (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781317391715
Publication Date: 2017-02-27
Presented within a Problem-Based Learning approach (PBL) for practitioners as well as graduate students, contributors cover critical and emerging topics like cybersex, emotional well-being, forgiveness, military couples, developmental trauma, and more.
Handbook of Couples Therapy by Michele Harway (Editor)
Call Number: RC488.5.H3263 2005
ISBN: 0471444081
Publication Date: 2004-12-30
Chapters provide a variety of perspectives along developmental, theoretical, and situational lines and detailed coverage of the most effective treatment modes. Couples at different stages of the lifecycle feature prominently in the text, as do relevant special issues and treatment approaches for each stage.
Handbook of Lgbt-Affirmative Couple and Family Therapy by Jerry J. Bigner (Editor); Joseph L. Wetchler (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415883597
Publication Date: 2012-04-05
Spanning 30 chapters, the editors and contributors discuss the diverse and complex issues involved in LGBT couple and family therapy. Provides the first in-depth overview of the best practices for therapists and those in training who wish to work effectively with LGBT clients, couples, and families.
Integrative Couple and Family Therapies by Patricia J. Pitta; Corinne C. Datchi
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781433831201
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
Summarizes current scientific knowledge about the problems that bring couples and families to treatment: infertility, blending families, infidelity, military trauma, incarceration, and sexual abuse, among others. Eleven detailed case conceptualizations illustrate how practitioners and therapists use integrative models to provide care for diverse couples and families.
A Life-Cycle Approach to Treating Couples by Anne K. Fishel
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781946646156
Publication Date: 2018-05-16
Draws on 30 years of clinical work and a rich body of research about lifecycle theory to offer couple therapists a guide to helping couples traverse six developmental stages--dating and commitment; transition to parenthood; midlife couples; launching and retiring couples; late-life couples; and relationship endings. Provides examples and research about clients who are diverse in their marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, SES, and health.
Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fifth Edition by Yitzchak M. Binik (Editor); Kathryn S. K. Hall (Editor); Joseph L. Wetchler
Call Number: RC557.P75 2014
ISBN: 9781462513673
Publication Date: 2014-03-17
Addresses the full range of sexual problems and concerns that lead men, women, and couples to seek help. Prominent experts describe cutting-edge assessment and treatment approaches that integrate psychological, interpersonal, and medical interventions. Detailed case examples illustrate how the therapeutic strategies are implemented and shed light on the factors that influence outcomes.

Couples therapy : a family systems approach
During nearly 2 1/2 hours of gripping clinical video enactment, Monica McGoldrick highlights key moments in her work with John and Barbara. Along the way, both novice and experienced clinicians will expand their appreciation of family dynamics. Instructor's manual available for download on landing page. Featured experts: Monica McGoldrick, Victor Yalom