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Ripoll-Nunez, Karen; Villar-Guhl, Carlos Felipe; Villar-Concha, Eduardo – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
There is a gap in the Marriage and Family Therapy literature regarding clients', therapists', and family judges' theories of change in relational therapy for family violence. We conducted in-depth interviews with eleven court-referred families, their therapists, and two family judges in Bogota, Colombia. Interviews focused on their expectations of…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Judges, Counseling Techniques, Family Violence
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Boisvert, Marie-Michele; Wright, John; Tremblay, Nadine; McDuff, Pierre – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2011
Understanding couples' relationship problems is fundamental to couple therapy. Although research has documented common relationship problems, no study has used open-ended questions to explore problems in couples seeking therapy in naturalistic settings. The present study used a reliable coding system to explore the relationship problems reported…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Interpersonal Relationship, Therapy, Behavior Problems
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Platt, Jason James – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
This article describes the philosophical foundations and educational methods of a Spanish language and cultural immersion program based in Mexico City, Mexico. The program is designed to assist U.S. graduate students in marriage and family therapy and clinical psychology programs to improve clinical service delivery with Latino clients. Utilizing…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Critical Theory, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries
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Estrada, Ana Ulloa – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2011
This article explores the relevance and challenge of Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and internationalization to the Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) program at the University of San Diego. These issues are discussed in the context of a graduate level course on human diversity that culminated in a 1-day cultural immersion and service learning trip…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Catholic Schools, Catholics, Beliefs
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Lavee, Yoav; Avisar, Yitzhak – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2006
The study examined therapeutic approach, professional affiliation, training, seniority, and work setting as predictors of attitudes toward standardized instruments and their use in couple therapy. Data were gathered from 163 certified marriage and family therapists in Israel. Results showed that 27.6% of marital therapists used standardized…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Marriage Counseling, Therapy, Family Counseling
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Cecchin, Gianfranco; And Others – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1993
Considers debate in field of marriage and family therapy regarding issues of control and noninstrumentality. Contends that therapists must be able to act unconstrictingly yet must take responsibility for their actions. Asserts that believing too strongly in either strategizing or nonintervening in therapeutic process can be constraining. Offers…
Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role, Family Counseling, Foreign Countries