Overview: In the treatment of marital problems, behaviorally oriented and com- munication oriented approaches have been in conflict and seen as con- trasting and unlikely bed partners. Many therapists, focusing on com- munication skills, have felt that behaviorists were too structured and uncaring; on the other hand, behaviorists have considered humanistic therapists as being "touchy-feely," vague, and unfocused. However, in the Handbook of Marital Therapy, Liberman, Wheeler, de Visser, and the Kuehnels have wedded these two potent approaches into an inte- grated framework that makes them lovi
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