Acknowledgments.

PART I: INTRODUCTION.

Chapter 1. Couple and Family Counselors: Individual Portraits.

Chapter 2. Retelling the Story: Couple and Family Counseling in the Early Years.

Chapter 3. The Field Matures: 1980 to the Present.

PART II: FAMILY THERAPY IN ITS MID-LIFE: FIVE TIMES.

Chapter 4. Behavior: Learning, Habits, and Reinforcement.

Chapter 5. Organization: Planning, Decision Making, and Action.

Chapter 6. Narrative: Language, Culture, and Identity.

Chapter 7. Emotion: Regulation, Relationship, and Motivation.

Chapter 8. Spirituality: Purpose, Acceptance, and Meaning.

PART III: JUDGMENT, ACTION, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN FAMILY COUNSELING.

Chapter 9. Joining, Struggling Together, and Saying Goodbye.

Chapter 10. The Ethical Family Counselor.

Chapter 11. Future Directions for Family Counseling.

Appendix A: ACA Code of Ethics.

Appendix B: AAMFT Code of Ethics.

Appendix C: Ethical Code of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors.

References.

Name Index.

Subject Index.