New York Times:

MARRIED WITH PROBLEMS? THERAPY MAY NOT HELP
April 19, 2005
By SUSAN GILBERT

Summary - Susan Gilbert reviews recent advances in the treatment of relationship distress, including IBCT, that go beyond standard behavioral interventions...
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New York Times:

A MATTER OF COMPROMISE AND ACCEPTANCE
February 15, 2000
By JANE E. BRODY (NYT)

Summary- Jane E Brody Personal Health column on 'integrative couples therapy' as new and novel approach to helping married couples reconcile their differences; notes concept is exhaustively described and illustrated in new book, Reconcilable Differences, by Dr Andrew Christensen and late Dr Neil S Jacobson...
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Newsweek:

LOVING YOUR PARTNER AS A PACKAGE DEAL
March 20, 2000
By PAY WINGERT

Summary - Sometimes it's over money. Sometimes it's over sex. Sometimes it's over the dirty laundry on the floor. But all couples fight. And, research shows, most argue about the same things, over and over again. It's human nature to assume change--on the other person's part, of course--is the solution. In a talk with NEWSWEEK's Pat Wingert, noted marriage researcher Andrew Christensen, coauthor with the late Neil Jacobson of "Reconcilable Differences" (The Guilford Press. $23.95), makes the case that acceptance rather than change may be the key to a happier marriage...
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THE SCIENCE OF A GOOD MARRIAGE
April 26, 1999
By Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert

Psychology is unlocking the secrets of happy couples. The myth of marriage goes like this: somewhere out there is the perfect soul mate, the yin that meshes easily and effortlessly with your yang. And then there is the reality of marriage, which, as any spouse knows, is not unlike what Thomas Edison once said about genius: 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. That sweaty part, the hard work of keeping a marriage healthy and strong, fascinates John Gottman. He's a psychologist at the University of Washington, and he has spent more than two decades trying to ...
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Time Magazine:

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
May 1, 2000
By Lisa McLaughlin

Contrary to popular belief, and the marriage counseling of yesteryear, new studies have found that airing all your differences with your marital partner is likely to do more harm than good. Such arguing often leads to, well, more arguing. According to a study by Andrew Christensen at UCLA, couples who are less critical and more accepting of their differences have the most successful marriages...
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