This paper presents eight occasions illustrating the "when" the "how" and the "why" behind therapeutic intervention in family therapy. (Author)

Techniques of structured communication training, integrating Guerney's conjugal therapy model and Carkhuff's systematic facilitative training, are described in detail. This method offers a concise and effective technology for enhancing communication skills in couples who are experiencing marital conflicts. (Author)

This article describes some family images and approaches to problems found in some of television's daytime soap operas'' and raises the question of whether viewers would choose to follow fantasy each day if given other options. (Author)

Study of 50 marriage counseling cases of 1970-71 where both partners were under 20 years of age concludes that the vulnerability of early marriages is greatly increased by the failure of communities to provide the basic economic and human supports formerly offered by family networks. (Author)

The author proposes a model format for the initial conjoint marital interview. Implementation of the model is discussed with regard to anxiety reduction, elicitation of pertinent data, diagnosis, treatment plan development, resultant length of therapy, and effectiveness as a teaching-supervising tool. (Author)

Therapists engaged in the use of family therapy as a treatment method are consistently faced with a rather intense resistance on the part of the family to being treated as a unit. The author's own experience both in doing and supervising family therapy has necessitated some focusing on this perplexing problem. (Author)

The author, famous in the field of family counseling, relates his experiences and subsequent inferences in the field of family life. (RWP)

Comments on a review of literature on families of retarded children focusing on the neglected role of the father and criticizes the authors, Price-Bonham and Addison, for recurring ambiguity regarding the level of retardation and bias toward pathology in the family of the retarded child. Comments by Sharon Price-Bonham follow. (Author/BEF)

The family therapist performs specific activities associated with his functions as a therapist, consultant, and intermediary. The intermediary function is based upon concepts associated with symbolic interactionism. (Author)

This is a revised version of the National Council on Family Relations Presidential address delivered November 3, 1972, Portland Oregon. This address concerned the new constitution and reorganization of N.C.F.R. and a plea for reexamination of the membership's commitment to family issues. (JC)

There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit. They are condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance. The defense of condonation should be abolished because it obstructs reconciliation. (Author/BY)

Discusses a no lose approach to custody battles, wherein parents are helped to negotiate and create their own custody and visitation arrangements. The process, its strengths, and problems, and the parents' evaluative comments are discussed. (Author)