Identifies three special issues and considerations Marital and Family Therapy supervisors might face with the increasing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Issues include: (1) the importance of educating therapists regarding various aspects of the disease process and transmission; (2) the ethical and legal ramifications; and (3) the considerations provided to…

This document presents a review of the literature on salient ethical issues in marriage and family counseling. Issues addressed in the paper include: (1) defining the client and the welfare and rights of individuals versus those of the family system; (2) issues of informed consent and manipulative therapeutic interventions; (3) issues related to…

Reviews outcome studies of marriage enrichment groups for both premarital and marital couples, examining determination of change, measurement tools, stability of changes, differential effectiveness, and types of participants. Emphasizes the impact varies with the audience for such programs. Describes the focus as primary prevention for couples…

Discussed methodological errors in child and marital treatment research. Made suggestions to avoid such errors. Areas covered are selection of subjects and therapists, scope and source of dependent measures, treatment specification and experimental design. Errors include unsubstantiated diagnoses; client labels; restricted outcome criteria; and…

Provides a current update of state regulation and licensing practices concerning marriage and family therapists, which would be of interest to those attempting to modify or promote legislation. Half the states have not even considered such legislation. (JAC)

The marriage and family therapist has a responsibility to educate the public through media. The nature of the profession and value of the individual practitioner are emphasized. Techniques for improving modeling and suggestions for developing useful contacts in media arenas are offered. The uses of media should be in ethically appropriate…

Assessed frequency with which journals "Family Process" and "Journal of Marital and Family Therapy" focused on problems of aging in family context from 1976-1985. Found neither journal covered later life family issues to any appreciable degree. Concludes that elders in marital and family relationships constitute new frontier for extension and…

Examines cognitive strategies used in marital treatment. Describes major targets of cognitive marital assessment and treatment. Focuses on use of strategies with rural clients experiencing economic and psychological stress due to farm crisis. Describes selected techniques of behavioral marital therapy used as adjunct to cognitive marital therapy.…

Discusses the application of emotionally focused marital therapy (EFT) with couples for which one or both of the partners have experienced significant trauma. EFT, in the context of trauma, incorporates the nine steps of conventional EFT and the three stages of the constructivist self-development theory of trauma treatment. (Author/MKA)

Two doctoral-level marriage and family therapy students summarize their professional and personal experiences in their internships within a multidisciplinary healthcare setting. In addition, their supervisor reports on her experiences working with marriage and family therapy doctoral interns. (Author/MKA)

Measured the current level of empirical research on religion in six leading marriage and family journals. Discusses reasons that might account for higher rates of research studies that consider religious variables. Articles tended to support the notion that greater religious involvement is associated with higher marital adjustment and…

Photographs and family albums are helpful in marriage and family psychotherapy to aid in the understanding of family processes, relationship patterns, goals, expectations, values, traditions, and ideals. Based on the assumption that a photograph is a form of communication, photography can be used to: (1) examine typical family picture-taking…

Discusses the unique characteristics of dual-career marriages/families. These familial units are identified as a high stress group presenting unusual challenges to the clinician. Specific implications for the clinician include: (1) values of therapist and clients; (2) critical issues; and (3) assets and liabilities. (Author)

Examines doctoral education in marital and family therapy, giving attention to major trends and developments in this area. They have not fulfilled expectations formerly held regarding their potential development. All practitioners should engage in significant amounts of continuing education to stay abreast of developments in a rapidly changing…

Marriages of respondents that ended in divorce were not as good as marriages of other couples they had known nor did the marriage meet expectations held prior to entering into the relationship. The most frequent problem was unfaithfulness. (Author)