Understanding family relationships. Counseling today's changing families -- The family as a social unit: systems theory and beyond -- Appraising couple and family functioning -- Multiple views of family counseling: a case study -- Intervening in troubled couple and family relationships -- Counseling families with varied lifestyles. Counseling the single-parent-led family -- Counseling the remarried family -- Counseling cohabiting heterosexual adults -- Counseling gay male and lesbian fmailies -- Counseling families with special circumstances. Counseling the dual-career family -- Counseling ethnicially diverse minority families