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Levels of Interventions for MFTs Working with Family Businesses
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Distelberg, Brian; Castanos, Carolina – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
Family businesses (FBs) are a significant population in the world and therefore part of most practicing marriage and family therapists (MFTs) clientele; however, little is mentioned about FBs in the training of MFTs. This article offers some guidance to practicing MFTs who service this population, as well as MFTs who wish to expand their practice…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Business, Family Involvement, Marriage Counseling
Effects of a Group Treatment Model for the Predivorced on Participants' Level of Ambivalence.
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Blanton, Gregg; Yingling, Lynelle – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 1996
Reports on a group treatment model designed for individuals (N=44) in the predivorce stage of divorcing. Results indicate that the model had meaningful impact on individuals' anger, attachment, and ambivalence, suggesting that group treatment designed specifically for predivorced individuals can be effective in the early stages of divorce. (RJM)
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Divorce, Early Intervention, Group Counseling
Parentified Pursuers and Childlike Distances in Marital Therapy.
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Betchen, Stephen J. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 1996
Discusses the pursuer-distancer relationship style so as to help counselors recognize this type of interaction and offers several treatment techniques to alleviate it. Demonstrates the relationship between the concepts of parentification and childlike behavior and the pursuer and the distancer. Uses an integrative model of marital therapy as a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Techniques, Family Problems, Interpersonal Relationship