This text provides down-to-earth, practical information about how to carry out the important procedures in marriage and family therapy. It serves as a student's or clinician's "handbook," with explanations of how to handle the full range of situations encountered in everyday family practice. The authors have collected the procedures that make up the contemporary practice of marriage and family therapy. They have created a resource that students and clinicians can draw upon, and that those just starting their careers will especially appreciate. This revision features a significant reorganization and the addition of significant new sections, including topics of limiting risk (Ch. 12), out-of-session work (Ch. 10), and new effectiveness guidelines (Ch. 2).