In response to feedback from Marriage and Family Therapy practitioners regarding the Outcome Research Chart (1997), this article presents a revised summary of movement in ratings between the original chart and 1995. During that ten-year period, additional evidence was found for the effectiveness of ten family therapy approaches. (Author/MKA)

Examines the tendency to construct genograms in an affective vacuum--a phenomenon consistent with Bowen theory, yet potentially problematic in the ongoing process of treatment. Offers alternatives to nonprocess-oriented genogram construction in an effort to enhance the experience for the client and to broaden the therapist's diagnostic…

Compares family therapy with the intellectually gifted with traditional approaches. Discusses presenting complaints, joining issues, assessment and intervention with these families. Includes a number of case examples with special problems for the therapist to handle. (Author/BH)

Discusses the therapeutic process inherent in the work of Virginia Satir. Major conceptualizations and interventions are explored, including historical background; philosophical assumptions; basic operational principles; therapeutic goals; and basic techniques. (BH)

In response to repeated calls for process research on couple and family therapy, three different process research methodologies, grounded therapy, change events analysis, and experimental manipulation - are presented and evaluated. The strengths and weaknesses of each methodology are discussed, along with their role in generating and testing…

The 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina caused mush devastation in that region of the world. This article describes the themes and issues that emerged from information gained from interviews with Bosnian professionals through a project entitled "Trauma and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina." Recommendations and implications for family…

Presents a didactic-experiental workshop that may be used with groups of family therapists and their spouses to help them explore marital issues that sometimes emerge as a result of the work of the family therapist. Concludes family therapists should not neglect their own marriages. (Author/ABL)

Describes effects that brain-injured patient may have on family system and kinds of reactions typically seen in family members. Describes strategies of family therapy in brain injury, including education, supportive counseling, and more intensive family therapy modalities. Considers goals and outcomes of family therapy with this group and offers…

A questionnaire assessed marital and family therapists' willingness to participate in research projects and their use of research in clinical practice. Results indicate a moderate level of research involvement among practitioners. The hypothesis that training in research practice would predict research involvement was only partially supported.…

Argues for the application of Delphi studies in marriage and family therapy (MFT) research. Describes the methodology of the Delphi and discusses Delphi studies that already exist in the MFT literature. Recommendations for the use of Delphi in the MFT field are highlighted. (MKA)

A therapeutic model to help families activate experiential and right hemispheric functioning through hypnosis is presented in detail, together with a clinical illustration. Different situations in which this model is effective are mentioned and one such set of circumstances is described. (Author)

Data and information gathered regarding marriage and family therapy graduate programs and training centers are synthesized and interpreted. Highlights of the data and implications for educational programs in family therapy are presented including increasing number of institutions offering family therapy training and a large number of students in…

Functional family therapy model assesses family behavior from perspectives of interactional process and functional payoffs for the individual family members. Illustrates that functional needs change as a result of development, and that by including a family life cycle perspective in the assessment process, clinicians will get a clearer picture of…

Examines concept of therapist centrality and how remaining fixed in this position can lead to therapeutic overinvolvement and possible impediment of therapeutic goals. Discusses specific aspects pertaining to this concept such as development, clinical indications, and implications, along with clinical and supervisory corrective techniques. (Author)

Reviews Family Concept Assessment Method (FCAM), instrument designed to measure family concept, the sum of a person's values, attitudes, and feelings regarding his or her family. Discusses FCAM reliability, administration and scoring, and clinical utility. Concludes that at least two measures (family congruence and family satisfaction scores) may…