title: Jealousy in couple relationships: nature, assessment and therapy.
abstract: This essay discusses jealousy in the context of couple relationships. Jealousy in couples is a common problem encountered in therapy settings, especially in marital counselling and sex therapy. The literature on the subject is small but growing. There is a need to clarify definitional and phenomenological issues. In this essay, an attempt is made to clarify some of the these, drawing on the literature and on clinical data. A brief exploration of clinical assessment is also undertaken. Finally, a treatment strategy is proposed, and specific treatment techniques that might be considered are briefly commented on.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Silva
mesh_terms: D019546:Couples Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007578:Jealousy