Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theory and principles -- Evolutionary psychotherapy: Principles and outline / Paul Gilbert, Kent G. Bailey, Michael T. McGuire -- Psychotherapy in the context of Darwinian psychiatry / Alfonso Troisi, Michael T. McGuire -- Evolution, kinship, and psychotherapy: Promoting psychological health through human relationships / Kent G. Bailey -- Evolutionary psychotherapies -- Evolutionary psychoanalysis: Toward an adaptive, biological perspective on the clinical process in psychoanalytic psychotherapy / Daniel Kriegman -- Jungian analysis and evolutionary psychotherapy: An integrative approach / Anthony Stevens -- Social mentalities: Internal 'social' conflict and the role of inner warmth and compassion in cognitive therapy / Paul Gilbert -- Social intelligence, deception, and psychopathology: A challenge for cognitive therapy? / Nicholas B. Allen, Paul Gilbert -- Reluctant males: Evolutionary perspectives on male psychology in couples therapy / Kalman Glantz, Mary-Beth Moehl -- Gender and psychotherapy: An evolutionary perspective / Natalie Rasgon, Michael T. McGuire, Alfonso Troisi -- Special issues -- The evolution of incest avoidance: Oedipus and the psychopathologies of kinship / Mark T. Erickson -- Disorganized attachment, models of borderline states and evolutionary psychotherapy / Giovanni Liotti -- The syndrome of rejection sensitivity: An evolutionary perspective / Leon Sloman -- Pathogenic beliefs and guilt in human evolution: Implications for psychotherapy / Lynn E. O'Connor -- The psychotherapy of shame-related pathology from an evolutionary perspective / David W. Harder, Deborah F. Greenwald -- Overview and concluding comments -- Evolutionary psychotherapy: Where to from here? / Kent G. Bailey, Paul Gilbert.

Genes on the Couch brings together respected clinicians who have integrated evolutionary insights into their case conceptualization and therapeutic interventions. Various psychotherapy schools are represented, and each author provides illustrative examples of the interventions used. Specific topics addressed include the nature of evolved mental mechanisms, regulation/dysregulation of internal processes attachment and kinship in therapy, the importance of internalizing warmth as a therapeutic goal, difficulties in working with certain male clients, gender differences in therapy, and the roles of shame and guilt in treatment.