An annotated listing of the films entered in the National Council on Family Relations film awards competition. The 13 winners are indicated. (Author/HMV)

This paper is an attempt to help professionals to use technical research literature. Three different methods of using research are identified and the advantages and limitations of each are discussed. Professionals frequently try to apply research directly to practical situations but the most useful method is to apply research indirectly by going…

Marital counseling as a profession, and counselors, individually, are deemed to be in need of a sound set of substantial standards and values, with philosophical, psychological and sociological commitments. This argument for values in counseling stresses the psychological factors of womanliness and manliness in contemporary living. (Author)

"Marriage" is treated as a mental concept that evolves in a developmental sequence of four qualitatively distinct stages: Magical, Idealized Conventional, Individualistic, and Affirmational. Each stage is illustrated with excerpts from Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage. Some applications for marriage counselors are suggested. (Author)

A simple test is described that has proven highly effective when used by married couples. It can be self-administered. Couples who use it can learn a great deal about their relationship and do so in terms of positive insights which they can then use to promote mutual growth. (Author)

Systematic training in interpersonal communication skills was conducted with partners in deteriorated marriages who acknowledged a low level of communication as a major problem. The results indicated that trained couples improved significantly in their interpersonal skills and in their ability to elicit self-exploration from their spouse. The…

Discusses a no lose approach to custody battles, wherein parents are helped to negotiate and create their own custody and visitation arrangements. The process, its strengths, and problems, and the parents' evaluative comments are discussed. (Author)

This paper presents rationale, methodology, and implications for using action plans to facilitate behavior modification of college students in marriage education courses. Case studies are given as illustration of how action plans may be implemented. (Author)

New findings from research, leading to new insights, have in the past ten years revealed that effective couple communication is a vital key to effective marital interaction. Some of these insights are listed and described, and the new concepts which have emerged are discussed. (Author)

Many who do marriage counseling are unaware of the vast amount of test materials which are available to them or of those tests which might well aid them and their clients in the process of counseling. Some widely used tests in marriage, family, and premarital counseling are discussed, and resources are listed. (Author)

The basic components of marriage counseling are delineated and explored, that is, counseling on one hand and marital interaction on the other. This is regarded as setting the stage for the development of a full-fledged theory of marriage counseling. (Author)

Current social changes reinforce the need for trained marriage and family counselors. After a brief examination of these changes, already established programs, advantages, disadvantages, and the criterion for the establishment of a nation-wide paraprofessional program are discussed and groups which might benefit from para-professional training are…

This paper examines the concept of marriage enrichment, seeing it as a response to the transition from institutional to companionship marriage in our contemporary world. Modern marriage requires "interpersonal competence," rather than skill in role functioning, in order to succeed. (Author)

This paper describes the Pairing Enrichment Program (PEP), designed for married couples who wish to enhance their interpersonal relationship. The program is based on the principles of self-actualization and interpersonal growth. Extensive follow-up procedures have provided the evaluation data. (Author)