This volume reflects the achievements in developing new concepts and models of family therapy and new approaches to special clinical issues and problems during the 1980s. Chapters by experts such as Boszormenyi-Nagy, Everett, Guttman, Lankton, Liddle, McGoldrick, Madanes, and Walsh offer insight into a variety of areas including systems theory, cybernetics, and epistemology; contextual therapy; Ericksonian therapy; strategic family therapy; treating divorce in family therapy practice; ethnicity and family therapy; and training and supervision in family therapy.

Volume I: Foreword / Lyman C. Wynne -- The history of professional marriage and family therapy / Carlfred B. Broderick & Sandra S. Schrader -- An open-systems, group-analytic approach to family therapy / Robin Skynner -- Couples therapy and marriage contracts / Clifford J. Sager -- The integration of marital therapy with sessions with family of origin / James L. Framo -- Contextual family therapy / Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy & David N. Ulrich -- Symbolic-experiential family therapy / Carl A. Whitaker & David V. Keith -- Family systems theory and therapy / Michael E. Kerr -- The interactional view: family therapy approaches of the Mental Research Institute / Arthur M. Bodin -- Structural family therapy / Harry J. Aponte & John M. VanDeusen -- Strategic approaches to family therapy / M. Duncan Stanton -- Functional family therapy / Cole Barton & James F. Alexander -- Problem-centered systems therapy of the family / Nathan B. Epstein & Duane S. Bishop -- Integrative family therapy / Bunny S. Duhl & Frederick J. Duhl -- Behavioral parent training / Steven B. Gordon & Nancy Davidson -- Behavioral marital therapy / Neil S. Jacobson -- The treatment of sexual dysfunction / Julia R. Heiman, Leslie LoPiccolo, & Joseph LoPiccolo -- Skill training programs for couples and failies / Luciano L'Abate -- Divorce and divorce therapy / Florence W. Kaslow -- Family therapy process research / William M. Pinsof -- Family therapy outcome research: knowns and unknowns / Alan S. Gurman & David P. Kniskern. Volume II: The history of professional marriage and family therapy / Carlfred B. Broderick & Sandra S. Schrader -- Systems theory, cybernetics, and epistemology / Herta A. Guttman -- Behavioral family therapy / Ian R.H. Falloon -- Behavioral marital therapy / Amy Hotzworth-Munroe and Neil S. Jacobson -- Bowen theory and therapy / Edwin H. Friedman -- Brief therapy: the MRI approach / Lynn Segal -- Contextual Therapy / Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Judith Grunebaum, and David Ulrich -- Ericksonian family therapy / Stephen R. Lankton, Carol H. Lankton, and William J. Matthews -- Focal family therapy: joining systems theory with psychodynamic understanding / Arnon Bentovim, and Warren Kinston -- The Milan systemic approach to family therapy / David Campbell, Rosalind Draper, and Elaine Crutchley -- Family psychoeducational treatment / William R. McFarlane -- Strategic family therapy / Cloe Madanes -- Structural family therapy / Jorge Colapinto -- Symbolic-experiential family therapy / Laura Giat Roberto -- Family therapy as the emerging context for sex therapy / Marilyn J. Mason -- Treating divorce in family-therapy practice / Craig A. Everett and Sandra S. Volgy -- Promoting healthy functioning in divorced and remarried families / Froma Walsh -- Ethnicity and family therapy / Monica McGoldrick, Nydia Garcia Preto, Paulette Moore Hines, and Evelyn Lee -- A family-larger-system perspective / Evan Imber-Black -- Values and ethics in family therapy / William J. Doherty and Pauline G. Boss -- Training and supervision in family therapy: a comprehensive and critical analysis / Howard A. Liddle.