Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Marital and Family Therapy is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Gender, attachment, and demand/withdraw patterns in the context of moderate couple conflict in cisgender, heterosexual relationships20
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NicholsMargaret (2021). The modern clinician's guide to working with LGBTQ+ clients: The inclusive therapist. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 352, $44.95.18
JMFT annual report 202217
The effects of gender identity change efforts on Black, Latinx, and White transgender and gender nonbinary adults: Implications for ethical clinical practice16
Is it really that important to you? How the topics of conflict and emotional reactions to conflicts explain the associations between attachment insecurities and relationship satisfaction15
The trajectory of anxiety in therapy: The role of ACEs15
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Client Perspectives of Family Therapy: A Qualitative Systematic Review13
Relationship satisfaction in Black heterosexual couples: The role of self‐compassion and openness12
Exploring Gender Minority Stress and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: A Path Analysis of Suicidality Among Transgender and Gender‐Diverse People11
Understanding the emotional landscape in the withdrawer re‐engagement and blamer softening EFCT change events11
Hendrix, H., & LaKelly Hunt, H. (2021). Doing imago relationship therapy in the space‐between. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 488 pp., $47.5010
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Which therapist perceptions best predict client outcomes? A naturalistic examination9
Fostering connection: A dyadic analysis of the relationships between mattering, attachment, and mental health8
A Grounded Theory Analysis of Control and Freedom in Intimate Relationships7
Explaining the Mental Health Consequences of Internalized Racial Oppression: The Mediating Roles of Family Resilience and Collective Action7
It got me thinking: The impact of participating in a divorce decision‐making interview6
The politics of vulnerable masculinity in couple therapy6
Divided we fall: Constructive dialoguing about our political differences within family therapy training6
FinneranM.A. (2021). Surviving domestic abuse: Formal and informal supports and services. Routledge, 132 pp, $49.956
Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010–2019)6
Somatic experience of emotion in emotionally focused couple therapy: Experienced trainer therapists' views and experiences6
Brief emotion‐focused family therapy: A 12‐month follow‐up study6
A case study of virtually delivered emotion‐focused family therapy6
“As Therapists, We Get to Be Quietly Subversive”: A Qualitative Exploration of CFTs' Social Justice Practices6
Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention5
Association between help‐seeking and motivation for completing a couple relationship education program across service modality5
Exploring the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy for depressive symptoms and relationship distress among couples in Taiwan: A single‐arm pragmatic trial5
One year of COVID‐19: A longitudinal study of individual and relational factors of psychological adjustment of individuals living in a romantic relationship in Portugal during the COVID‐19 pandemic5
A culturally adapted parenting intervention for the Chilean context: Qualitative indicators of participant satisfaction and contextual and cultural relevance4
Resource Loss and Empathy in Couples During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: The Role of Attachment Behaviors4
The impact of a parent‐based prevention intervention on Mexican‐descent youths' perceptions of harm associated with drug use: Differential intervention effects for male and female youths4
Is Our Attachment Hurting Us? Unraveling the Associations Between Partners' Attachment Pairings, Negative Emotions During Conflict, and Intimate Partner Violence4
Wampler, K. S. & Blow, A. J. (Eds.), (2020). The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy: Volume 3. Systemic Family Therapy with CouplesJohn Wiley & Sons.4
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Indirect Effects of Self‐Differentiation and Mentalization on Family of Origin Health and Marital Satisfaction Among Korean Adults4
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Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients: A systematic review3
Sexual Health and Integrative Pleasure (SHIP) Model: Using a clinical case example to guide assessment and treatment3
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The interplay of negative urgency and cognitive reappraisal in couples' communication conflict3
Thematic analysis of therapists' experiences integrating EMDR and EFT in couple therapy: Theoretical and clinical complementarity, and benefits to client couples3
A randomized controlled trial of a 5‐year marriage checkup booster session for a subsample of responder couples3
What to expect physiologically when you're expecting couples in therapy: A Changing Hearts and Minds in relationshiPS (CHAMPS) descriptive study3
Talking and making meaning about parental mental health problems: The role of children's family caregivers3
JacobB. Priest. (2021). The Science of Family Systems TheoryNew York: Routledge, 190 pp., $48.953
LebowJ. L. (2019). Treating the difficult divorce: A practical guide for psychotherapists. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 325 pp., $59.993
Dulberger, D., & Omer, H. (2021). Non‐emerging adulthood: Helping parents of adult children with entrenched dependence. New York: Cambridge University Press, 150 pp., $29.993
Resilient relationships: Techniques for surviving hyper‐individualism, social isolation, and a mental health crisis By C.Heim, C.Heim, New York, London: Routledge. 2023. 280 pages. US$42.95 (paperback3
Cost‐Effectiveness of Functional Family Therapy for Youth Probationers in Singapore: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial3
Coparenting change after couple therapy using self‐reports and observational data3
No Bad Parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the internal family systems model By R. C.Schwartz, Boulder, CO: Sounds True. 2021. pp. 199.3
The role of emotional dysregulation in the association between family‐of‐origin conflict and romantic relationship maintenance3
Relevance of Positive Dyadic Coping for Couples Undergoing Assisted Reproduction Treatments: A Systematic Review3
Emotionally focused therapy with African American couples: Love heals,Paul T.Guillory,New York; London:Routledge.2021. US$42.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐37573‐73
Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment3
Canfield, B. (Ed.). (2020). Intercultural perspectives on family counseling. Routledge, 229 pp. $49.953
Consensus, Need Fulfillment, Commitment, and Satisfaction in Couple Relationships: Structural Equation Modeling3
Correction to “Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health”2
Science catching up: Experiential family therapy and neuroscience2
Changes in couple, parenting, and individual functioning following Family Expectations program participation2
A new way to measure partner burden in depression: Construction, validation, and sensitivity to change of the partner burden in depression questionnaire2
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Getting Our Hearts Right Program and the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program in a Sample of Iranian Couples2
Mental Health, Substance Use, Trauma Exposure, and Experiences of Discrimination Among Caregivers of Youth With Juvenile Legal System Involvement2
Family‐based treatments for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A review of family functioning outcomes in randomized controlled trials from 2010 to 20192
Gambescia, N., Weeks, G. R., & Hertlein, K. M. (2020). A clinician's guide to systemic sex therapy. 3rd Edition. Routledge. ISBN: 978‐03672280642
Family Empowerment (FAME): A feasibility trial of preventive multifamily groups for asylum seeker families in the Netherlands2
State of research in MFT: Thoughts from the Editor's Chair2
Family based treatment of anxiety disorders: A review of the literature (2010–2019)2
Perceptions of the effect of parental deportation on adult intimate relationships2
Family Rituals and Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Parental Burnout1
Impact of repeating somatic cues on the depth of experiencing for withdrawers and pursuers in emotionally focused couple therapy1
Parental efficacy after a military parenting program: A dyadic latent growth model1
Heart and mind of hypnotherapy: Inviting connection, inventing changeFlemons, D. (2022). W.W. Norton. ISBN‐10:039371439X, 266 pp., $35.1
Words matter: The role of family weight talk in anxiety and depression1
The role of relationship dissatisfaction in the dyadic associations between attachment insecurity and intimate partner violence among couples seeking therapy1
“No, It's You:” Dyadic perceived need for change predicts relationship education outcomes1
Relational sanctification, communal coping, and depression among African American couples1
Ingredients of successful therapeutic relationships with foster youth according to key stakeholders in child welfare: A grounded theory analysis1
Relationships for Social Change: The Value of the Promotora Framework in Navigating Systems of Employment1
Is the association of sexual quality with relationship satisfaction really stronger when the sexual relationship is functioning poorly?1
“Extremely toxic and evil” reflections on gender identity change efforts by Christian religious leaders: Implications for therapy with transgender and nonbinary clients1
Kauppi, M. (2021). Polyamory: A clinical toolkit for therapists (and their clients). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN: 978‐15381298901
Using systemic interventions to reduce intimate partner violence or child maltreatment: A systematic review of publications between 2010 and 20191
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Barker, M. J. & Iantaffi, A. (2019). Life isn’t binary: On being both, beyond, and in‐between. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 237 pp., $19.951
Telehealth delivery of GenerationPMTO in the public mental health system: A pragmatic, noninferiority study1
Comparison of the effectiveness of enhanced cognitive‐behavioral couple therapy on emotional self‐regulation and couple burnout of self‐assigned and court‐referred incompatible couples1
Effectiveness of a marital relationship skills training intervention on marital adjustment among individuals in Hosanna Town, Southwest Ethiopia: A randomized‐controlled trial1
A Machine Learning Approach for Investigating Variable Importance in Relationship and Sexual Satisfaction: The Role of Interpersonal Mindfulness and Psychological Safety1
WilloughbyB.J. (2020). The Millennial marriage. New York, NY: Routledge, 230 pp., $23.96.1
Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health1
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Dyadic process and dynamics of caregiving and receiving in suicide recovery among Filipino college‐aged students and their families1
Emotionally focused therapists' experiences serving interabled couples in couple therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis1
Introduction to the special section—Bigger isn't always better: The benefits of small‐sample research designs1
Rastogi, M., & Singh, R. (Eds) (2020). Handbook of systemic family therapy (Vol. 4). Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119438557, pp. 1‐646.1
Validation of a new assessment of hostile attribution bias in romantic relationships: The Hostile Attributions in Romantic Relationships Test1
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Couple and family therapy for substance use disorders: Evidence‐based update 2010–20191
Reputation and Responsibility: A Qualitative Investigation of Parents' Experiences of Open Dialogue School Meetings1
The development of a dyadic family life review intervention for the Asian diaspora: A practice article1
The relationship between therapist interventions and couples' emotional injury resolution in emotion focused couples therapy1
“We're in this together”: Attachment insecurities, dyadic coping strategies, and relationship satisfaction in couples involved in medically assisted reproduction1
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Therapists' confidence in their theory of change and outcomes1
The unspoken experiences of systemic supervisors of color: A modified Delphi study1
“I'm fighting with BPD instead of my partner”: A dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of couples navigating borderline personality disorder1
Ways Marriage and Family Therapists Can Create Supportive Therapeutic Spaces for Asian American Clients1
A comparison of classroom‐based and online multicultural training course within a marriage and family therapy training program1
Helping Postdivorce Families Enhance Parent–Child Relationships: Clinical Applications to Effectively Help Divorced Parents Appropriately Communicate Their New Romance With Children1
Dyadic Associations of Suicidal Risk Predicting Relationship Satisfaction in a Clinical Sample1
The effectiveness of the in‐person and online Gottman Seven Principles Couple Enhancement Program: A propensity score matching design0
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The value of using emotions in solution focused brief therapy0
How does my partner see me? Metaperceptions of personality and couple satisfaction0
Racial trauma: Clinical strategies and techniques for healing invisible wounds By Kenneth V.Hardy, New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2023. pp. 480. $36.99. ISBN: 978-1-324-03043-00
Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010–20190
Married women's response to spousal pornography use: A grounded theory0
Miller, S. D., Hubble, M. A., & Chow, D. (2021). Better results: Using deliberate practice to improve therapeutic effectiveness. 248 pp., $49.990
Assessments for multi‐heritage couple therapy: A review of existing tools0
Applying the Rupture Resolution Rating System to emotion‐focused couple therapy0
Gottman's sound relationship house and relational resilience through infertility for couples0
Multigenerational transmission of differentiation of self – Toward a more in‐depth understanding of Bowen's theory concept0
Christensen, A., Doss, B. D., & Jacobson, N. S. (2020). Integrative behavioral couple therapy: A therapist’s guide to creating acceptance and change. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 396 0
Emotion regulation in emotionally focused therapists working with high‐conflict couples0
Randomized controlled trial of the Marriage Checkup: Stress outcomes0
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Predicting change in relationship distress and depressive symptoms among couples in Taiwan: The role of attachment, emotional expressivity, and gender roles in Emotionally Focused Therapy0
Black and Latiné parents' perspectives on supporting their children's emotional and physical health0
Dyadic Analysis of Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Parental Alliance0
Treated together–changed together: The application of dyadic analyses to understand the reciprocal nature of alliances and couple satisfaction over time0
AsenE., & MorrisE. (2020). High‐conflict parenting post‐separation: The making and breaking of family ties. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 166 pp. $128.000
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Porges, S. W. (2021). Polyvagal safety: Attachment, communication, and self‐regulation. WW Norton, Incorporated, 320 pp., $45.000
Dyadic examination of parents' general psychological distress and coparenting in families with young children: The mediating role of couple satisfaction0
Trans‐Cending the Mononormativity of Relationship Therapy: An Intersectional Framework for Increasing Competency0
An update of the Couple Adaptation to Traumatic Stress Model: Systematic research synthesis of the association between secondary trauma survivor functioning and couple functioning0
Cornwell, C., & Woods, S. (Eds.). (2019). Case studies in couple and family therapy: Through the lens of early career professionals. New York, NY: Routledge. 139 pp., $39.950
Understanding African American help‐seeking for romantic relationships: Advocacy, barriers, and considerations0
Family relationships and the interpersonal theory of suicide in a clinically suicidal sample of adolescents0
Systematic review and data synthesis on the treatment of sexual violence victimization by an intimate partner0
Performance‐based family therapy: A therapist's guide to measurable change.Fishman, H. C. (2022). New York, NY: Routledge, 256 pp., $39.95.0
“Every time the phone rings, my heart stops”: Mothers’ emotional responses to having a young adult child with a substance use disorder0
How therapists respond to “uneven” alliances in couple and family therapy: A conversation‐analytic study0
Physical Aspects of Sexuality, Attachment, and Sexual Satisfaction0
Relationship standards and Malay Muslim couples' marital satisfaction0
Perceived overlap and therapy outcomes among couple clients0
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Processes and outcomes of an emotion‐focused family therapy two‐chair intervention for transforming problematic parenting patterns0
Affection preference, enactment, and relationship satisfaction: A dyadic analysis of love languages0
Forty Years of Couple Therapy Process Research and We Are Still Just Getting Started: A Review of Quantitative Research0
The effectiveness of structural family therapy in repairing behavioral problems and improving family functioning in single‐parent families in Iran0
The Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Shared Religious/Spiritual Practices, and Relationship Satisfaction in Couple Therapy: Sessions 1 Through 60
Attachment as an intermediary variable between childhood maltreatment and perceived partner responsiveness in adolescents and young adults0
Testing the predictions of Chapman's five love languages theory: Does speaking a partner's primary love language predict relationship quality?0
Examining engagement in a self‐in‐relationship observation exercise by couples coping with breast cancer: A qualitative analysis of text‐based feedback0
Engaging in coparenting changes in couple therapy: Two contrasting cases0
An examination of gender difference in advancement and salary for Marriage and Family Therapy faculty members working in public universities0
The Couple Relationship Scale: A brief measure to facilitate routine outcome monitoring in couple therapy0
Examining quality time as a mediator of dyadic change in a randomized controlled trial of relationship education for low‐income couples0
The future of divorce support: Is “digital” enough in presence of conflict?0
Pilot test of JUNTOS EN PAREJA: Enhancing relationship and financial well‐being in Latine couples0
Couples relationship standards and satisfaction in Pakistani couples0
Construction and validation of Rejection Sensitive Expectation, Perception, and Reaction Questionnaire—Partner (RSEPR‐P)0
Naming and Navigating Matters: Family Therapists' Perspectives Facilitating Ethnic–Racial Socialization Practices With Latino Parents0
Schmidt H. A. E., & Sibley D. S. (2019). Contextual Therapy for Family Health: Clinical Applications. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 198 pp. $42.950
Justifying by degrees: A grounded theory of men's decision‐making process in infidelity0
Introduction to the special issue on the efficacy and effectiveness of couple and family interventions: Evidence base update 2010–20190
The scale of myths of romantic love: Evidence of validity and reliability of a brief scale in Peru0
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Family‐based treatments for disruptive behavior problems in children and adolescents: An updated review of rigorous studies (2014–April 2020)0
Development and psychometric properties of the Couple Interaction Pattern Scale0
Addressing intergenerational trauma in Black families: Trauma‐informed socioculturally attuned family therapy0
Van Tongeren, D. R., & Showwalter Van Tongeren, S. A., (2020). The courage to suffer: A new clinical framework for life’s greatest crises. Templeton press, 171 pp., $19.95.0
Effects of adding video feedback to emotionally focused therapy supervision: A concurrent multiple‐baseline across subjects design0
Does My Friend Like My Romantic Partner? Links Among Relationship Work With Partners and Friends and Physiological Implications0
A framework for incorporating physical activity in treatment: Competencies, guidelines, and implications for family therapists0
Problem resolution scale: A single‐item instrument for easily assessing clinical improvement0
Wampler, K.S. & McWey, L.M. (2020). The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy with Children and Adolescents (Vol. 2). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.0
Evidence base review of couple‐ and family‐based psychosocial interventions to promote infant and early childhood mental health, 2010–20190
What MFTs should know about nutrition, psychosocial health, and collaborative care with nutrition professionals0
Dyadic interaction of parentification in Chinese families of maternal depression: A qualitative study0
Bangladeshi Couple Therapists’ Perspectives of Divorce Decision‐Making0
El Ser del Terapeuta: A narrative examination into family‐of‐origin influence on the professional self of students in family therapy training in Colombia0
Wampler, K. S., Miller, R. B. & Seedall, R. B. (Eds.). (2020). The handbook of systemic family therapy: Volume 1. The profession of systemic family therapyJohn Wiley & Sons.0
The Loss in Connection with Catastrophes (LICCS) Scale: Understanding couple outcomes0
Assessment of forgiveness in couple relationships: Adaptation of the Marital Offense‐Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS) to a Spanish sample0
Examining intervention hours attended for couples randomly assigned to receive relationship education0
The mediating role of marital quality in parenting intervention: Effects on preschoolers' conduct problems and effortful control0
Measuring Differentiation of Self Within the Greek Culture: Theoretical and Psychometric Validation of a Greek Short Form of the Differentiation of Self Inventory‐Revised0
Couple therapy with parents: Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial testing the Integrative Brief Systemic Intervention (IBSI)0
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Burnout in MFT trainees: Impact of demands and resources0
Apart, but still together: Separated parents living in limbo during COVID‐190
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Emotional worlds colliding: A qualitative exploration of the emotional experiences of transgender and cisgender women in romantic relationships during transition0
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An attachment perspective on couple interaction: Helping couples signal needs clearly and respond appropriately0
“Bringing and Removing Self from the Table”: Therapists’ use and management of eating disorder lived experience in the treatment of clients with eating disorders0
Identifying Informal Help‐Seeking Patterns in African American Couples0
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“Be Open to All Those Ways That People Can Live Their Lives:” LGBTQ+ Client Recommendations for Adapting Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy0
A Family Centered Approach to Mandated Reporting: An Anticarceral Praxis for Couple and Family Therapists Working With BIPOC Families0
Interfamily Therapy, a multifamily therapy model settled in infant‐juvenile mental health services of Havana (Cuba): A qualitative study from participants’ perspectives0
Dyadic parent–adolescent relationship quality as pathways from maternal childhood abuse to adolescent psychopathology0
Trajectories of incarcerated coparenting: Examining differences across race and ethnicity0
Mindfulness, awareness, partner caring, and romantic relationship quality: Structural equation modeling0
Handbook of Bowen family systems theory and research methods: A systems model for family research. Keller, M. N., & Noone, R. J. (Eds.) (2020). Routledge. 468 pp., $95.96 (paperback)0
Accepting influence in military couples: Implications for couples’ communication and family satisfaction0
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Assessing family relations in borderline personality disorder: A relational approach0
Trajectories of Child and Caregiver Positive Coping Following a Brief Emotion‐Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Intervention0
A Narrative Study on the Role of Colombian Uncles in Family Dynamics0
A test of the dyadic associations between ineffective arguing, emotional distress, and violence perpetration and victimization among couples seeking therapy0
Tilsen, J. (2021). Queering your therapy practice: Queer theory, narrative therapy, and imagining new identitiesNew York, NY: Routledge0
Satisfaction or connectivity?: Implications from the strong relationality model of flourishing couple relationships0
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“How did you stay together so long?” Relationship longevity, a cross‐generational qualitative study0
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Understanding barriers to couples therapy0
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Multifamily therapy in the community mental health network: A pragmatic randomized and controlled study0
Reunification, reconsidered: Presenting an integrative, single‐therapist framework for resolving parent–child contact problems0
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Deliberate practice in systemic family therapy, ByAdrian J.Blow,Ryan B.Seedall,Debra L.Miller,Tony Rousmaniere, Alexandre Vaz: American Psychological Association.2023. $39.99 (paperback).0
The bottom‐up approach in multigenerational family therapy: The child as the family guide0
A review of the research during 2010–2019 on evidence‐based treatments for couple relationship distress0
Transracial adoption, identity, and racism in the United States: Between two worldsBy Kyrai E.Antares, Lexington Books. 2023. pp. 174. $45.00 (eBook) $95.00 (Hardcover)0
“Each person's experience, each person's needs”: How therapists open space for multiple perspectives during reflecting team family therapy supervision0
Skills and knowledge therapists need to work with foster youth and families: According to key stakeholders in child welfare0
Emotion‐focused skills training for parents with anxious children. A pilot study0
Maternal engagement, relational closeness, and adolescent internalizing symptoms: The association of engaged mothering with adolescent depression and anxiety0
Attachment insecurities and under‐commitment in distressed couples: The role of positive and negative partner behaviors0
Answering the ethical call of the other: A test of the Strong Relationality Model of Relationship Flourishing0
Reconsider the Anger of Marginalized Communities0
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Affordances and Opportunities for Relational Wellness0
The development of a reliable change index and cutoff score for the SCORE‐150
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