Informative Family Therapy Articles
Fundamentals of Marital Therapy
Fundamentals of Marital Therapy serves as an authoritative introduction to the field, making clear just how different it is to intervene within a marital context than it is to work with an individual. Designed to be practical, the presentation is divided into concise units, each building upon the last so that even the most complex of issues is exceptionally easy to follow.
The author stresses methods of marital therapy that are proven to be effective. Common elements across different models are featured, permitting comparisons and contrasts so that readers will be able to discern what works and what doesn't, and for whom.
The key issues in couples therapy are highlighted, including couples' interactional patterns and how they impact practice, common errors in treatment, solutions to familiar problems, and identification of couples for whom therapy is not practical.
Since his undergraduate days, D. Russell Crane, PhD has sought ways to investigate both the profession and the practice of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) around the world. His research has produced many family therapy research articles, and he is considered the world leader on cost-effectiveness of therapy provided in a family/systemic perspective across all the major mental health provider disciplines including marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurses, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, psychologists and medical doctors and all of the DSM mental health disorders.
His contributions include: over 70 family therapy articles (cost-effectiveness of MFT, divorce prediction and other topics, hundreds of national and international professional meeting speaking engagements; authored or edited 12 books and many book chapters, eight years as journal editor for Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal; training nine university professors and dozens of doctoral and masters level practitioners; and national level public service including university academic program leadership; American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) state and national committees, Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) six years on the Board and Chair and Chair-Elect for two years and 36 MFT academic program reviews as a volunteer, but primarily as husband to Eileen, father to eight and grandfather to sixteen in his own family.
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