Treating affair couples: Clinical considerations and initial findings

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-392

  Baucom, Donald H ^a   Gordon, Kristina C ^b   Snyder, Douglas K ^c   Atkins, David C ^d   Christensen, Andrew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior therapy; Couple therapy; Infidelity; Marital therapy

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUPLE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRADITIONAL BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY;

EID: 33845641358     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/jcpiq-v20i4a004     Document Type: Review

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