The experiences of Mexican immigrant students are underrepresented in the existing research in the field of marriage and family therapy (MFT). Many studies have explored the experiences of Latinx in educational settings and similar fields and some have focused on immigrant students in graduate school from second, third, and higher generation;…

Due to an increasing trend among states to cut higher education funds, many universities are relying more on private donations and federal funding to keep programs afloat. Scholarship productivity in general has become an integral factor in terms of universities granting tenure to faculty, allocating resources, and supporting program goals due to…

Notes that Structural Family Therapy needs a training model that integrates the existential, human mutuality of the therapeutic relationship with its technical elements. Offers a theoretical foundation for training structural family therapists in the use of self, discusses a model for training, and gives a case example illustrating personal…

Presents three supervision modalities applicable to training marital and family counselors: live supervision, delayed review supervision (audiotape and videotape), and supervision through verbal reports. Discusses goals, supervisory considerations, advantages, and disadvantages of each modality. Concludes that key in using modalities is to…

Discusses basic theoretical assumptions underlying the process of family therapy education. The application of these assumptions is illustrated by the description of various teaching strategies that may be used in a wide range of graduate family therapy courses. (Author/JAC)

Four faculty members reflect individually and collectively on their lives and roles as educators. They recommend a deliberate process of self-reflection to other family-therapy educators and offer suggestions for improving the organizational dynamics of family-therapy training programs. (Author/MKA)

Family therapy is well-acknowledged as an effective mode of psychotherapy. Clinical and empirical data, intervention techniques, and training and supervision issues appear increasingly in psychological, psychiatric, and social work journals. However except for a few community-psychology reports on the use of indigenous workers, little has been…

Student wives have been on American campuses in numbers since the end of World War II. Much research has identified their counseling needs, but few programs have been instituted to respond to such needs. Research identifying needs is summarized, and responsive counseling strategies are proposed. (Author)

Asserts that intensive family simulation provides a bridge between classroom role plays and supervised practicums in family-therapy training. Presents such a simulation method and describes specific techniques in three distinct phases of intensive family simulation: family building, therapy simulation, and debriefing. (Author/NB)

Addresses issues pertinent to training Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) students to develop the skills needed to become Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) professionals. Describes qualifications for becoming EAP professional. Suggests how skills may be taught within the framework of an academically based MFT training program. (Author/ABL)

Considers what constitutes a system for design learning (SDL) based on activities of the International Systems Institute and on designing and implementing SDL in a master's program in marriage and family therapy. Establishing a design culture by creating a design community and learning from anxiety are also discussed. (Contains 11 references.)…

Discusses history of first training program in Marriage and Family Counseling (MFC) at Hofstra University established in 1982. Explains context of MFC graduate programs and philosophy and model of MFC programs. Describes Marriage and Family Counseling Club, mentoring program, Marriage and Family Counseling Newsletter, and marriage and family…

Examined African-American participation in marriage and family therapy (MFT) academic programs. Collected data from 25 program directors and from 15 African-American students. Results indicated that African-American students and faculty were glaringly underrepresented in MFT master's and doctoral programs. Less than 1% of all MFT master's degree…

Author subjectively compares experiences in medical school, psychiatric residency training, and an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy accredited doctoral program in marriage and family therapy. Discusses differences and similarities between two programs. Proposes that primary objective of professional training is to learn to…

Describes how family sculpting, grounded in Experiential Family Counseling, can be used as a training technique in marriage and family counselor training programs. Provides detailed guidelines for conducting family sculpting. A case study is included. (Author/NB)