Issue 1 - Special Issue: Couples as Parents in Families13 articlesEditorialCouples as Parents in Familiesp. viiKate Thompson & Damian McCannArticlesSolo Motherhood: Desire, Loss, and the Stories we Inheritp. 1Martha DoniachTowards Parenthood or Childfree by Choice?p. 18Jill Savege ScharffMourning the Imagined, Meeting the Living: Parents and Transgender Childrenp. 34Wayne BodkinLooking for Merope: Some Ways in Which Experiences of Second Mothers Impact on Couple Relationshipsp. 49Ann HardyDependence, Interdependence, and Alienation Between Parent and Child Following Lossp. 64Corinne MasurCouples as Parents, as Offspring, and as Family Members: Finding an Appropriate Focus for Therapy in the Family Mazep. 81Molly LudlamCompassion-Focused Therapy with an Adoptive Couple: An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Approachp. 98Louis SydneyArts ReviewAll of Us Strangers (2023), directed by Andrew Haigh, UKp. 115Sanna AavaluomaBook ReviewsOn Marriage by Devorah Baum London: Hamish Hamilton (2023), 336 pp, ISBN: 978-0-241-61801-1p. 117Molly LudlamLove Songs: Listening to Couples by Perrine Moran London: Karnac (2025), 142 pp, ISBN: 978-1-80013-267-2p. 119Krisztina GlausiusCouples as Parents: Explorations in Couple Therapy edited by Kate Thompson and Damian McCann London: Routledge, 2024, 240pp, ISBN: 978-1-03248-216-3p. 121Victoria WalshNotes on Contributorsp. 124