"The first edition of The Couple, Marriage, and Family Practitioner: Contemporary Issues, Interventions, and Skills symbolizes a comprehensive clinical journey emphasizing the philosophy, science, and practice of couple, marriage, and family therapy. Understanding the complexities of contemporary families, the multiple contextual levels of diversity and intersectionality that families, couples, and individuals embody, and the skills and interventions necessary to produce positive outcomes is paramount to the success and rigor of our profession"-- Provided by publisher.