Aims and scope
The Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy promotes a better understanding of what contributes to healthy adult relationships and how therapy facilitates the process. Experts address key treatment issues for all types of adult relationships. Articles explore couple therapy from the perspectives of theory, research, and practice, as well as issues related to the supervision and personal growth of clinicians. Special thematic issues address a single topic for the entire issue, allowing a more significant focus on that particular topic. A recent thematic issue studied clinical concerns with interracial couples.

The Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy discusses important issues from a multiplicity of therapeutic styles including:

marital therapy
couple therapy
same-sex couple therapy
premarital therapy
re-marital therapy
divorce therapy
sex therapy
marriage therapy
couple therapy as adjunct to the treatment of major mental illness, substance abuse, and spouse and family abuse
Peer Review Policy: Each paper is first briefly reviewed by the editor for adherence to our standards of science and APA style. If the paper fits our content and purposes as a journal, it is sent out for review by a minimum of 2 reviewers, usually members of our editorial board, consisting of some of the country’s most prestigious scholars and therapists. Upon completion of reviews, the editor makes a decision.