A Life-Cycle Approach to Treating Couples : From Dating to Death.

Cover -- Advance Praise for A Life-Cycle Approachto Treating Couples -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Applying the Life-cycle Perspective to Couple Therapy -- Chapter 2: Transition to Being a Couple: Dating, Partner Selection, and Making a Long-Term Commitment -- Chapter 3: Transition to Parenthood: Expanding the Dyad -- Chapter 4: Midlife Couples: Increasing Demands of Work, Parenting, and Care-giving -- Chapter 5: Late Midlife Couples: Launching Children, Heading for Retirement, Becoming Grandparents -- Chapter 6: Post-Retirement and Late-Life Couples: Aging, Dependency, and Role Changes -- Chapter 7: Illness and Death -- References -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.

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