Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-384) and indexes.
I: Theory of emotion-focused couples therapy -- Emotion -- Affect regulation -- Motivation -- Interaction -- Culture and gender -- II: Couples therapy: an emotion-focused perspective -- Intervention framework -- Therapeutic tasks: focusing on interactional cycles -- Therapeutic tasks: focusing on individual emotional states -- III: Working with specific emotions -- Anger in couples therapy -- Sadness in couples therapy -- Fear in couples therapy -- Shame in couples therapy -- Positive emotion in couples therapy