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Dropping Out of Marriage and Family Therapy: Intervention Strategies and Spouses' Perceptions.
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Anderson, Stephen A.; And Others – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1985
Contrasted marriage and family therapy dropouts and completers on interventions they were exposed to over the course of therapy and during the initial session. Results showed families completing therapy were exposed to such interventions as firming up appropriate boundaries, escalating conflict, establishing individual boundaries, and advice…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Intervention, Marital Satisfaction
Utilizing Process and Content in Designing Paradoxical Interventions.
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Anderson, Stephen A.; Russell, Candyce S. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1982
Presents a strategy for intervening into rigidly homeostatic family systems. Identifies system rules which reveal "nodal" themes. Describes four types of nodal themes and clues for identifying them within families. Suggests ways of using system rules and nodal themes in developing paradoxical interventions. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Family Problems, Family Relationship
The Role of "Translator" in the Case Transfer Process.
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Gavazzi, Stephen M.; Anderson, Stephen A. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1987
Proposes that key to effective case transfer is the departing therapist's ability to assume role of "translator" in a four-phase process of information-sharing which includes: preparing clients for termination and transfer, orienting clients and incoming therapist with one another, bringing clients and incoming therapist together, and facilitating…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselor Role
Evaluation of an Academic Family Therapy Training Program: Changes in Trainees' Relationship and Intervention Skills.
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Anderson, Stephen A. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1992
Assessed 19 students in academic training program in marital and family therapy for changes in their relationship and intervention skills. Found positive improvements on some measures. Trainee characteristics (clinical experience, gender, age, marital status, scores on standardized admissions tests) were unrelated to changes in intervention…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Family Counseling, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Family Therapy Trainees' Evaluations of Their Best and Worst Supervision Experiences.
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Anderson, Stephen A.; Schlossberg, Margaret; Rigazio-DiGilio, Sandra – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2000
Recounts supervisees best and worst experiences with training and supervision while participating in marriage and family therapy education training programs. Positive behaviors perceived to be enacted by supervisors can be categorized by the following dimensions: creating an open supervisory environment, providing encouragement and communication,…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Training, Family Counseling, Higher Education
Training and Supervision in Family Therapy: Current Issues and Future Directions.
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Anderson, Stephen A.; And Others – Family Relations, 1995
Reviews literature on family therapy training and supervision. Four focal developments are highlighted: school-specific models, training modalities, integrative approaches to training and supervision, and developmental perspectives. Suggestions for future growth and development of this specialty area are proposed. Contains 281 references. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Counseling