Gerald R. Weeks, Ph.D., is the Director of Training at the Marriage Council of Philadelphia and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry in the Division of Family Study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the author of numerous professional articles and nine books, including Treating Couples, Integrating Sex and Marital Therapy, and Couples in Treatment. Larry Hof, M.Div., is the Chief Operating Officer at the Marriage Council of Philadelphia and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. His previous books include Integrating Sex and Marital Therapy; Marriage Enrichment: Philosophy, Process, and Program; and Pastoral Marital Therapy.

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A volume of in-depth cases that exemplify state-of-the-art couple therapy based on the work of the Marriage Council of Philadelphia, one of the oldest training and treatment centers in the US exclusively devoted to couple and marital therapy. Ten case studies demonstrate the Marriage Council's Inte

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Part 1 Part I THE INTERSYSTEM MODEL AND THE THEORY IN PRACTICE; Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1 The Intersystem Model: An Integrative Approach to Treatment, Gerald R.Weeks; Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 The Tale of the Two Seekers, LarryHof, Mary, DavidSeeker; Part 2 Part II CASE STUDIES FROM THE INTERSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 Too Old to Go Steady: The Case of Marcia and Barry, AprilWestfall; Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 Work, Wine, and Thee, Diane LoganThompson; Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 Nuclear Family vs. Family of Origin: A Paradox, NathanTurner; Chapter 6 Permission, or When the Other Man Is G-D, BeaHollander-Goldfein; Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 Treating Inhibited Sexual Desire: The Intersystem Model, StephanieBrooks; Chapter 8 CHAPTER 8 Beauty and the Beast: Object Relations Theory and the Intersystem Model, WilliamSilver; Chapter 9 CHAPTER 9 Sexual Inhibitions from an Intersystem Approach, KateSexton-Small; Chapter 10 CHAPTER 10 Chronic Illness and Couple Conflict, Joellyn L.Ross; Chapter 11 CHAPTER 11 Jim and Sandy: Rebalancing Relational Responsibility, Michael J.D'Antonio;