This report outlines the initial phase in the development of a set of intervention techniques, and their accompanying assessment procedures. Training procedures for skills in negotiating behavior changes were designed to alleviate marital conflicts in 10 moderately distressed couples. (Author)

Thirty-eight young married couples participated in a therapy analogue study. Results indicate that videotaped feedback altered perceptions to a significantly greater degree than either of the other two conditions. Implications and limitations of the results as they relate to marital and family therapy are discussed. (Author)

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…

Data collected from 161 married couples were analyzed for communication patterns indicative of "domineeringness" and "transactional redundancy" (the degree of randomness contained within a couple's communicative behavior). From this data came the following observations: There is a negative correlation between domineeringness, particularly by the…

Before a new autonomous profession can be established a national definition of marriage counseling must be recognized. This report is an attempt to define "marriage counseling" by presenting a brief history and by describing four sources of definitions of this profession. These sources define marriage counseling as an autonomous profession, as a…

The 241-item annotated bibliography provides a guide to current literature and films in the fields of mental health, education, counseling, and related areas. The bibliography contains articles dealing with the application of behavior modification principles to parents, teachers, parents and teachers, special settings for children and youth, and…

Two couples and one family who failed to show any progress during the course of structured enrichment programs were evaluated. It was concluded that the parents' or marital partners' inability to look at themselves critically was one reason for the failure. Discusses possible future research. (Author)

The complex issues in the relationship between cotherapists who are doing sex therapy have not received adequate attention. Differences in status, experience, and training; aspects of the personal relationship between therapists; and the sexual content of their work are typical issues that arise and can affect the outcome of treatment. (Author/NG)

This study was designed to investigate attitudes concerning marital perceptions and life satisfaction of middle-aged husbands and wives, who were in one of two periods of life. Results indicated that counseled and noncounseled samples of middle-aged couples were significantly different from one another in certain respects. (Author)

The relationship of intimacy and individuation in marriage is paradoxical. In working with families, it is important to distinguish process and outcome. Likewise, it is important to distinguish between adaptation and growth goals. Intimacy and individuation will follow if counselors can facilitate process in the marital relationship. (Author)

Marriage and family enrichment is the new professional area in the applied family field. Its distinction is the limitation to groups of normal married couples and families, in informal settings, using experimental methods. A major recommendation is for a differentiating theoretical base to be established. (Author)

This article examines the four options a couple has upon reaching the conclusion that their present marriage is at an end. The options are staying together as they are "for the children", divorcing with "blame's the game", a "re-built" marriage, or a "victimless" divorce. (Author)

An alternative to individual counseling is marriage and family counseling. It is the preferred mode of treatment for all but the social isolate. The specific methods by which persons avoid healthy contacts are discussed, as are counseling methodologies which are based on Gestalt and family systems theory. (Author)

Studied couples' resolution of existing marital issues. Videotapes of distressed and nondistressed couples were coded by two groups. Hypothesis which were studied involve the function of metacommunication, the expression of feelings, summarizing self versus other, feeling probes, nonverbal behavior during message delivery, context differences, and…

The increasing use of paradoxical messages and injunctions in marital and familial therapies is reviewed. The theoretical, empirical, and clinical grounds for this practice, on the basis of this review, are still incomplete and questionable. The need for empirical research in this area is still great. (Author)