1. The couple should complete the TCT Research Study Interest Form at this link to start the process.

2. If the couple may be a match for the study, we will schedule a free twenty-minute free interview with one of the therapists on the TCT Research Team.

3. At the end of the twenty minutes, if the couple and the therapist feel they want to work together, they would then begin the study screening process.

1. Each couple member will respond to a one-page questionnaire. Their responses will be identified only by a code number. These results will be held in a confidential HIPAA compliant and encrypted method designed for scientific studies.

2. The therapist on the TCT Research Study Team will contact them regarding their eligibility. If they meet the criteria for this study, they will proceed to the next step.

3. They then fill out a series of questionnaires which will take about twenty to thirty minutes.

4. If this set of questionnaires also confirms that they are a match for the study, the therapist will contact them to set up a mutually workable schedule for the sixteen weekly sessions.

The therapist will:

1. Refer them back to you or to another TCT therapist (who is not participating in the study) and are licensed in the couple’s state of residence.

2. The study therapist may possibly accept them into their couple therapy practice separately from the study and at their normal fee.

3. If neither 1 or 2 work out, they will be offered other referrals.