Examination of various psychological, social, and cognitive-behavioral treatment approaches to problems in intimate couples across a variety of client populations. Emphasis is placed on the social environment, and its impact on the sources and patterns of intimate partner dissatisfaction and conflict. An additional focus will be on identifying components of mutually satisfying intimate partner relationships. Ways to appropriately adapt intervention approaches to be inclusive of couples of diverse sexual orientations/gender identities and from a wide range of religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds will be explored. Prerequisite: SOCW 5311 or concurrent enrollment. Please note if the co-requisite course is dropped, this will be dropped as well.