Jay Lebow, PhD, ABPP, LMFT, is senior scholar and senior therapist at the Family Institute at Northwestern and clinical professor of psychology at Northwestern University. He is editor-in-chief of Family Process and has authored/edited 7 books including Couple and Family Therapy, Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Handbook of Family Therapy, and Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. He served as president of the Society of Couple and Family Psychology and has received the Society's Family Psychologist of the Year award as well as the American Family Therapy Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Paul Jenkins is a licensed clinical psychologist with over 30 years' professional experience. He is an associate professor of psychology at National University, serving as regional lead and practicum coordinator for the Master of Arts in Counseling program in Rancho Cordova, and has a private psychotherapy practice in Sacramento, California.

Part I: Foundations of Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Research 1. Introduction2. Merging Science and Practice in Psychotherapy3. A Clinician's Primer for Evaluating Research About Psychotherapy4. How Do We Know What is True? Part II: Research Focused on Psychotherapy 5. What Can We Say About the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy?6. Introduction To Empirically Supported Treatment7. The Push For Evidence: Defining The Role Of Evidence Based Practice8. The Science of Clinical Artistry: Research-Based Principles for Effective Practice9. Integrating Stages of Change with Psychotherapy10. Beyond Intuition: Research on Psychotherapeutic Process11. Evidence-Based Treatments for Anxiety12. Mindfulness Goes Mainstream: Research is Proving the Value of Awareness Processes 13. Act and The Third Wave of CBT14. Improving Our Track Record: How Therapists Can Better Meet the Needs of the Disadvantaged15. Addictions Treatment: Myth Vs. Reality16. Reassessing Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Separating Hype From Fact About Antidepressants17. War of the Worlds: Researchers and Practitioners Collide on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)18. The Messenger is the Message: The Effectiveness of Treatment Still Depends on Who Delivers It Part III: Research Focused on or Relevant to Couple and Family Therapy 19. Family Therapy Scorecard: Research Shows the Family Approach is Often the Treatment of Choice20. What Do We Know About Couples Therapy?21. Marital Preparation and Enrichment Programs Document Their Value22. Emerging Evidence in The Research About Divorce23. Not Quite the Brady Bunch: Research on Remarriage Families24. What Really Makes Couples Happy? A Controversy Divides the World Of Marital Researchers25. Methods of Relational Assessment Part IV: Doing Research on Your Practice 26. New Science for Psychotherapy: Can We Predict How Therapy Will Progress?27. Learning to Love Assessment: Today's Research Tools to Assess Progress Can Help You be a Better Therapist28. Do-It-Yourself Research: The Practical Advantages of Studying Your Own Practice 29. Models for Evaluating Psychotherapy Practices And Community Mental Health Programs: Public Health Perspectives Part V: Research in Psychology That Informs the Practice of Psychotherapy 30. Defending the Family: Beware of the Biogenetic Bandwagon31. Aging: Fact and Fiction32. Beyond The Sugar Pill: Clarifying the Placebo Effect33. Keys to Enhancing Performance34. The Controversy Around Psychodiagnosis