About this journal

The Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy promotes a better understanding of what contributes to healthy adult relationships and how therapy facilitates the process. Experts address key treatment issues for all types of adult relationships. Articles explore couple therapy from the perspectives of theory, research, and practice, as well as issues related to the supervision and personal growth of clinicians. Special thematic issues address a single topic for the entire issue, allowing a more significant focus on that particular topic. A recent thematic issue studied clinical concerns with interracial couples.

The Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy discusses important issues from a multiplicity of therapeutic styles including:

• marital therapy
• couple therapy
• same-sex couple therapy
• premarital therapy
• re-marital therapy
• divorce therapy
• sex therapy
• marriage therapy
• couple therapy as adjunct to the treatment of major mental illness, substance abuse, and spouse and family abuse

Peer Review Policy: Each paper is first briefly reviewed by the editor for adherence to our standards of science and APA style. If the paper fits our content and purposes as a journal, it is sent out for review by a minimum of 2 reviewers, usually members of our editorial board, consisting of some of the country’s most prestigious scholars and therapists. Upon completion of reviews, the editor makes a decision.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .

EDITOR

Katherine Hertlein, PhD - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

FOUNDING EDITOR

Barbara Jo Brothers, MSW

FORMER EDITOR

Volker Thomas, PhD - The University of Iowa, USA

BOOK AND MATERIALS REVIEW

Damon L. Rappleyea, PhD - East Carolina University, USA

EDITORIAL BOARD

Jerome Adams, PhD - University of Rhode Island, USA

Joan D. Atwood, PhD - Hofstra University, USA

David A. Baptiste, PhD - Private Practice, Las Cruces, NM, USA

Kristen Benson, PhD - North Dakota State University, USA

Maria Bermudez, PhD - University of Georgia, USA

Jerry J. Bigner, PhD - Colorado State University, USA

Gary Bischof, PhD - Western Michigan University, USA

Richard J. Bischoff, PhD - University of Nebraska, USA

Adrian Blow, PhD - Michigan State University, USA

Markie Blumer, PhD - University of Wisconsin Stout, USA

Matthew Brosi, PhD - Oklahoma State University, USA

Mark Butler, PhD - Brigham Young University, USA

Thomas D. Carlson, PhD - North Dakota State University, USA

Jason Carroll, PhD - Brigham Young University, USA

D. Russell Crane, PhD - Brigham Young University, USA

Rita DeMaria, PhD - Council for Relationships, Philadelphia, PA, USA

M. Robin Dion - Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Washington, DC, USA

Silvia Echevarria Doan, PhD - University of Florida, USA

William J. Doherty, PhD - University of Minnesota, USA

Larry Dumka, PhD - Arizona State University, USA

Stephen Duncan, PhD - Brigham Young University, USA

Jared Durtschi, PhD - Kansas State University, USA

Norman Epstein, PhD - University of Maryland, USA

Ted Futris, PhD - University of Georgia, USA

Barry Ginsberg, PhD - Center of Relationship Enhancement, Doylestown, PA, USA

Wallace Goddard, PhD - University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension, USA

Briana Nelson Goff, PhD - Kansas State University, USA

Kim Halford, PhD- The University of Queensland, Australia

Alan Hawkins, PhD - Brigham Young University, USA

Lorna Hecker, PhD - Purdue University Calumet, USA

Karen B. Helmeke, PhD - Western Michigan University, USA

Katherine M. Hertlein, PhD - University of Nevada at Las Vegas, USA

Brian Higginbotham, PhD - Utah State University, USA

Jennifer Hodgson, PhD - East Carolina University, USA

Jeffrey Jackson, PhD - Alliant University-Irvine, USA

Susan M. Johnson, PhD - University of Ottawa, Canada

Terri Karis, PhD - University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA

Margret K. Keiley, EdD - Auburn University, USA

Jay Lebow, PhD - Northwestern University, USA

Janie K. Long, PhD - Duke University, USA

Kevin P. Lyness, PhD - Antioch University New England, USA

Howard Markman, PhD - University of Denver, USA

Eric McCollum, PhD - Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Northern Virginia Graduate Center, USA

Christi McGeorge, PhD - North Dakota State University, USA

Marcia L. Michaels, PhD - Alliant University, USA

Michael Lane Morris, PhD – The University of Tennessee, USA

Megan Murphy, PhD - Purdue University Calumet, USA

David H. Olson, PhD - PREPARE-ENRICH,Life Innovations, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Jesse Owen, PhD - University of Louisville, USA

Kenneth Phelps, PhD - University of South Carolina, USA

Fred Piercy, PhD - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Shruti Poulsen, PhD - University of Colorado at Denver, USA

Jacob Priest, PhD - Unviersity of Iowa, USA

Anne M. Prouty, PhD - Antioch New England Graduate School, USA

Ashley K. Randall, PhD - Arizona State University, USA

Damon L. Rappleyea PhD - East Carolina University, USA

Rory Reid, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Kami Schwerdtfeger, PhD - Oklahoma State University, USA

Sara A. Smock, PhD -Texas Tech University, USA

Catherine Ford Sori, PhD - Governors State University, USA

Douglas Sprenkle, PhD - Purdue University, USA

Frank N. Thomas, PhD - Texas Christian University, USA

Tina Timm, PhD - Michigan State University, USA

Lee M. Williams, PhD - University of San Diego, USA

Armeda J. Wojciak, PhD, LMFT - University of Iowa, USA

Elisabeth Esmiol Wilson - Pacific Lutheran University, USA

Andrea Wittenborn, PhD - Virginia Tech University, Falls Church, VA, USA

Sarah Woods, PhD - Texas Women's University, USA

Toni S. Zimmerman, PhD - Colorado State University, USA

News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

• Special subscription rate of US$65 for members of AASECT. Contact +44 (0)20 7017 5543 or [email protected] to subscribe.

Members of American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counsellors, and Therapists (AASECT) can receive an individual print and online subscription to Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.