Richard Chasin, MD, Family Institute of Cambridge, Watertown, MA; Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Henry Grunebaum, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School at Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Margaret Herzig, BA, Social Science Writer and Editor, Lexington, MA.

PART I. Background 1. A Multi-theoretical Approach to Couple Therapy: The Harvard Couple Therapy Conference and the Preparation of This Book 2. The Couple: History and Genograms PART II. The Four Demonstration Interviews 3. The Use of Structured Fantasy in Couple Therapy 4. Integrating Families of Origin into Couple Therapy 5. Enhancing Empathy in Couples: A Transgenerational Approach 6. Systemic Blueprints in a Therapeutic Conversation PART III. Treatment Approaches in Couples 7. Future Perfect, Past Perfect: A Positive Approach to Opening Couple Therapy 8. A Systemic Perspective on the Opening of a Therapeutic Encounter 9. Object Relations and the Couple: Separation-Individuation, Intimacy, and Marriage 10. From Discourse to Dialogue: The Power of Fairness in Therapy with Couples 11. Treating Communication Problems from a Behavioral Perspective ART IV. Issues in Couple Therapy 12. Women in Couples: How Their Experience of Relationships Differs from Men's 13. Therapists' Fantasies in Working with Couples: The Unstable Triad 14. Navigating Among the Theories: An Eclectic Approach to Couple Therapy 15. Toward a Theory of Marital Bonds, or Why Do People Stay Married? PART V. Retrospective Reports by the Couple and the Editors 16. Introduction to the Retrospective Reports The Editors 17. One Day Later: A Report from the Couple 18. Six Months Later: A Follow-Up Interview 19. Six Years Later: A Report from the Couple