Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

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(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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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JacobB. Priest. (2021). The Science of Family Systems TheoryNew York: Routledge, 190 pp., $48.9539
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LebowJ. L. (2019). Treating the difficult divorce: A practical guide for psychotherapists. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 325 pp., $59.9915
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Sanctioned licensing board violations for marriage and family therapists spanning a 10‐year period14
“No, It's You:” Dyadic perceived need for change predicts relationship education outcomes13
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Words matter: The role of family weight talk in anxiety and depression10
Satisfaction or connectivity?: Implications from the strong relationality model of flourishing couple relationships10
Developmental couple therapy for complex trauma: Results of an implementation pilot study10
Justifying by degrees: A grounded theory of men's decision‐making process in infidelity9
Maternal engagement, relational closeness, and adolescent internalizing symptoms: The association of engaged mothering with adolescent depression and anxiety9
A latent profile analysis of romantic attachment anxiety and avoidance9
The role of relationship dissatisfaction in the dyadic associations between attachment insecurity and intimate partner violence among couples seeking therapy8
Black and Latiné parents' perspectives on supporting their children's emotional and physical health8
Assessing family relations in borderline personality disorder: A relational approach8
Family‐based treatments for disruptive behavior problems in children and adolescents: An updated review of rigorous studies (2014–April 2020)8
Gender, attachment, and demand/withdraw patterns in the context of moderate couple conflict in cisgender, heterosexual relationships8
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.7
Sexual Health and Integrative Pleasure (SHIP) Model: Using a clinical case example to guide assessment and treatment6
Development and psychometric properties of the Couple Interaction Pattern Scale6
Emotionally focused therapy with African American couples: Love heals,Paul T.Guillory,New York; London:Routledge.2021. US$42.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978‐0‐367‐37573‐76
Reducing mental health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse populations: A review of couple and family intervention research methods (2010–2019)5
The explanatory role of psychological distress in the link between role blurring and relationship satisfaction: A dyadic study5
Applying the Rupture Resolution Rating System to emotion‐focused couple therapy5
Interfamily Therapy, a multifamily therapy model settled in infant‐juvenile mental health services of Havana (Cuba): A qualitative study from participants’ perspectives5
A comparison of classroom‐based and online multicultural training course within a marriage and family therapy training program5
Predicting change in relationship distress and depressive symptoms among couples in Taiwan: The role of attachment, emotional expressivity, and gender roles in Emotionally Focused Therapy5
Dyadic interaction of parentification in Chinese families of maternal depression: A qualitative study5
NicholsMargaret (2021). The modern clinician's guide to working with LGBTQ+ clients: The inclusive therapist. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 352, $44.95.4
Schmidt H. A. E., & Sibley D. S. (2019). Contextual Therapy for Family Health: Clinical Applications. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 198 pp. $42.954
Exploring Gender Minority Stress and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: A Path Analysis of Suicidality Among Transgender and Gender‐Diverse People4
Identifying Informal Help‐Seeking Patterns in African American Couples4
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Married women's response to spousal pornography use: A grounded theory4
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., $39.954
Acceptability of an online relational intimacy and sexual enhancement (iRISE) intervention after breast cancer4
Couple and family interventions for depressive and bipolar disorders: Evidence base update (2010–2019)4
Understanding the emotional landscape in the withdrawer re‐engagement and blamer softening EFCT change events4
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Affair recovery: Exploring similarities and differences of injured and involved partners3
Relational Teaching in Mental Health Education: A 20‐Year Narrative Review3
Canfield, B. (Ed.). (2020). Intercultural perspectives on family counseling. Routledge, 229 pp. $49.953
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Relationship satisfaction in Black heterosexual couples: The role of self‐compassion and openness3
Relationship dynamics associated with emotional IPV perpetration and victimization: A meta‐analysis3
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
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Kauppi, M. (2021). Polyamory: A clinical toolkit for therapists (and their clients). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN: 978‐15381298903
Emotionally focused therapists' experiences serving interabled couples in couple therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis3
Integrative couple treatment for pathological gamblers with an emphasis on forgiveness processes: A case study with three couples3
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Reunification, reconsidered: Presenting an integrative, single‐therapist framework for resolving parent–child contact problems2
Helping Postdivorce Families Enhance Parent–Child Relationships: Clinical Applications to Effectively Help Divorced Parents Appropriately Communicate Their New Romance With Children2
The interplay of negative urgency and cognitive reappraisal in couples' communication conflict2
Therapists' confidence in their theory of change and outcomes2
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 satisfaction2
Examining engagement in a self‐in‐relationship observation exercise by couples coping with breast cancer: A qualitative analysis of text‐based feedback2
Couples relationship standards and satisfaction in Pakistani couples2
Consensus, Need Fulfillment, Commitment, and Satisfaction in Couple Relationships: Structural Equation Modeling2
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Construction and validation of Rejection Sensitive Expectation, Perception, and Reaction Questionnaire—Partner (RSEPR‐P)2
Introduction to the special section—Bigger isn't always better: The benefits of small‐sample research designs2
Coparenting change after couple therapy using self‐reports and observational data2
Multigenerational transmission of differentiation of self – Toward a more in‐depth understanding of Bowen's theory concept2
The future of divorce support: Is “digital” enough in presence of conflict?2
The Couple Relationship Scale: A brief measure to facilitate routine outcome monitoring in couple therapy2
A randomized controlled trial of a 5‐year marriage checkup booster session for a subsample of responder couples2
Dyadic process and dynamics of caregiving and receiving in suicide recovery among Filipino college‐aged students and their families2
Answering the ethical call of the other: A test of the Strong Relationality Model of Relationship Flourishing2
Engagement and response to a psychoeducation program for family members of inpatients undergoing treatment for substance use disorder2
Gambescia, N., Weeks, G. R., & Hertlein, K. M. (2020). A clinician's guide to systemic sex therapy. 3rd Edition. Routledge. ISBN: 978‐03672280641
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A Grounded Theory Analysis of Control and Freedom in Intimate Relationships1
Multifamily therapy in the community mental health network: A pragmatic randomized and controlled study1
Fostering connection: A dyadic analysis of the relationships between mattering, attachment, and mental health1
The effectiveness of the in‐person and online Gottman Seven Principles Couple Enhancement Program: A propensity score matching design1
Thematic analysis of therapists' experiences integrating EMDR and EFT in couple therapy: Theoretical and clinical complementarity, and benefits to client couples1
Family Empowerment (FAME): A feasibility trial of preventive multifamily groups for asylum seeker families in the Netherlands1
The association between caregiver psychiatric distress and perceived barriers to behavioral health treatment participation for youth in the juvenile legal system1
Ingredients of successful therapeutic relationships with foster youth according to key stakeholders in child welfare: A grounded theory analysis1
The trajectory of anxiety in therapy: The role of ACEs1
“I'm fighting with BPD instead of my partner”: A dyadic interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of couples navigating borderline personality disorder1
A new way to measure partner burden in depression: Construction, validation, and sensitivity to change of the partner burden in depression questionnaire1
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Relationships for Social Change: The Value of the Promotora Framework in Navigating Systems of Employment1
Brief emotion‐focused family therapy: A 12‐month follow‐up study1
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Getting Our Hearts Right Program and the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program in a Sample of Iranian Couples1
Engaging in coparenting changes in couple therapy: Two contrasting cases1
Introduction to the special issue on the efficacy and effectiveness of couple and family interventions: Evidence base update 2010–20191
Helping couples achieve relationship success: A decade of progress in couple relationship education research and practice, 2010–20191
Validation of a new assessment of hostile attribution bias in romantic relationships: The Hostile Attributions in Romantic Relationships Test1
Is the association of sexual quality with relationship satisfaction really stronger when the sexual relationship is functioning poorly?1
Problem resolution scale: A single‐item instrument for easily assessing clinical improvement1
What to expect physiologically when you're expecting couples in therapy: A Changing Hearts and Minds in relationshiPS (CHAMPS) descriptive study1
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The Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences, Shared Religious/Spiritual Practices, and Relationship Satisfaction in Couple Therapy: Sessions 1 Through 61
Which therapist perceptions best predict client outcomes? A naturalistic examination1
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Apart, but still together: Separated parents living in limbo during COVID‐191
Parents' reflective functioning and their agreement on treatment goals in attachment‐based family therapy for sexual and gender minority young adults and their nonaccepting parents1
Affection preference, enactment, and relationship satisfaction: A dyadic analysis of love languages1
“It's an ongoing discussion about desire”: Adults' strategies for managing sexual and affectionate desire discrepancies in romantic relationships1
The effects of gender identity change efforts on Black, Latinx, and White transgender and gender nonbinary adults: Implications for ethical clinical practice1
Meta‐Analysis of Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy Research Conducted in Iran: Does Outcome Type, Intervention Modality, or Delivery Format Make a Difference?1
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 (paperback1
Hendrix, H., & LaKelly Hunt, H. (2021). Doing imago relationship therapy in the space‐between. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 488 pp., $47.501
Attachment as an intermediary variable between childhood maltreatment and perceived partner responsiveness in adolescents and young adults1
The politics of vulnerable masculinity in couple therapy0
Mindfulness, awareness, partner caring, and romantic relationship quality: Structural equation modeling0
Examining quality time as a mediator of dyadic change in a randomized controlled trial of relationship education for low‐income couples0
Perceptions of the effect of parental deportation on adult intimate relationships0
“What Next?”: Toward telebehavioral health sustainability in couple and family therapy0
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
No Bad Parts: Healing trauma and restoring wholeness with the internal family systems model By R. C.Schwartz, Boulder, CO: Sounds True. 2021. pp. 199.0
Correction to “Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health”0
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Association between help‐seeking and motivation for completing a couple relationship education program across service modality0
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A review of the research during 2010–2019 on evidence‐based treatments for couple relationship distress0
How therapists respond to “uneven” alliances in couple and family therapy: A conversation‐analytic study0
Pilot test of JUNTOS EN PAREJA: Enhancing relationship and financial well‐being in Latine couples0
Emotion regulation in emotionally focused therapists working with high‐conflict couples0
How does my partner see me? Metaperceptions of personality and couple satisfaction0
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 systemic‐family‐individual approach: The heritage and continuation of Mara Selvini Palazzoli's work in integrative psychotherapy0
Rastogi, M., & Singh, R. (Eds) (2020). Handbook of systemic family therapy (Vol. 4). Hoboken NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119438557, pp. 1‐646.0
Flourishing Love: A secular guide to lasting intimate relationships By Gnaulati, Enrico, Biecester; United Kingdom: Karnac Books. 2024. pp. 225. $19.95. ISBN: 13: 978‐1‐80013‐208‐50
“We're in this together”: Attachment insecurities, dyadic coping strategies, and relationship satisfaction in couples involved in medically assisted reproduction0
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Divided we fall: Constructive dialoguing about our political differences within family therapy training0
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Family relationships and the interpersonal theory of suicide in a clinically suicidal sample of adolescents0
“How did you stay together so long?” Relationship longevity, a cross‐generational qualitative study0
Relationship standards and Malay Muslim couples' marital satisfaction0
Barker, M. J. & Iantaffi, A. (2019). Life isn’t binary: On being both, beyond, and in‐between. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 237 pp., $19.950
FinneranM.A. (2021). Surviving domestic abuse: Formal and informal supports and services. Routledge, 132 pp, $49.950
Couple and family therapy for substance use disorders: Evidence‐based update 2010–20190
Porges, S. W. (2021). Polyvagal safety: Attachment, communication, and self‐regulation. WW Norton, Incorporated, 320 pp., $45.000
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
Affordances and Opportunities for Relational Wellness0
Hearing the voices of Black Africans: Essential components for culturally relevant marriage enrichment programs in South Africa0
The value of using emotions in solution focused brief therapy0
Dyadic Analysis of Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Relationship Satisfaction: The Role of Parental Alliance0
The mediating role of marital quality in parenting intervention: Effects on preschoolers' conduct problems and effortful control0
Processes and outcomes of an emotion‐focused family therapy two‐chair intervention for transforming problematic parenting patterns0
WilloughbyB.J. (2020). The Millennial marriage. New York, NY: Routledge, 230 pp., $23.96.0
“Extremely toxic and evil” reflections on gender identity change efforts by Christian religious leaders: Implications for therapy with transgender and nonbinary clients0
Dyadic examination of parents' general psychological distress and coparenting in families with young children: The mediating role of couple satisfaction0
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Accepting influence in military couples: Implications for couples’ communication and family satisfaction0
“Every time the phone rings, my heart stops”: Mothers’ emotional responses to having a young adult child with a substance use disorder0
The role of emotional dysregulation in the association between family‐of‐origin conflict and romantic relationship maintenance0
Dyadic Associations of Suicidal Risk Predicting Relationship Satisfaction in a Clinical Sample0
Therapeutic alliance as a predictor of behavioral outcomes in a relationally focused, family‐centered telehealth intervention0
Miller, S. D., Hubble, M. A., & Chow, D. (2021). Better results: Using deliberate practice to improve therapeutic effectiveness. 248 pp., $49.990
Talking and making meaning about parental mental health problems: The role of children's family caregivers0
Measuring Differentiation of Self Within the Greek Culture: Theoretical and Psychometric Validation of a Greek Short Form of the Differentiation of Self Inventory‐Revised0
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Understanding barriers to couples therapy0
Strengthening couple relationships through a digital connection0
Family based treatment of anxiety disorders: A review of the literature (2010–2019)0
Heart and mind of hypnotherapy: Inviting connection, inventing changeFlemons, D. (2022). W.W. Norton. ISBN‐10:039371439X, 266 pp., $35.0
Skills and knowledge therapists need to work with foster youth and families: According to key stakeholders in child welfare0
Gottman's sound relationship house and relational resilience through infertility for couples0
The importance of highlighting culturally relevant factors in the DEEP analysis when using IBCT with African American couples0
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 youths0
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
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
An attachment perspective on couple interaction: Helping couples signal needs clearly and respond appropriately0
Dyadic effects of interpersonal perception on the quality of couple relationships: Idealization and accuracy matter0
Relationship mindfulness, negative relationship quality, and physical health0
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“As Therapists, We Get to Be Quietly Subversive”: A Qualitative Exploration of CFTs' Social Justice Practices0
Addressing intergenerational trauma in Black families: Trauma‐informed socioculturally attuned family therapy0
A test of the dyadic associations between ineffective arguing, emotional distress, and violence perpetration and victimization among couples seeking therapy0
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 pandemic0
A framework for incorporating physical activity in treatment: Competencies, guidelines, and implications for family therapists0
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Forty Years of Couple Therapy Process Research and We Are Still Just Getting Started: A Review of Quantitative Research0
Evidence base review of couple‐ and family‐based psychosocial interventions to promote infant and early childhood mental health, 2010–20190
The influence of relationship pattern labeling on intimacy, acceptance, and relationship satisfaction0
Effects of adding video feedback to emotionally focused therapy supervision: A concurrent multiple‐baseline across subjects design0
African American marital confiding relationships: A national survey and a test of an educational intervention0
Using systemic interventions to reduce intimate partner violence or child maltreatment: A systematic review of publications between 2010 and 20190
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Telehealth delivery of GenerationPMTO in the public mental health system: A pragmatic, noninferiority study0
The effectiveness of structural family therapy in repairing behavioral problems and improving family functioning in single‐parent families in Iran0
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Solution‐Focused Brief Therapy for Improving Couple Dyadic Relationships in Iran: A Systematic Review0
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The bottom‐up approach in multigenerational family therapy: The child as the family guide0
A primer on sleep for MFTs: Implications and practical considerations0
The development of a reliable change index and cutoff score for the SCORE‐150
Black therapists' experiences with their Black clients: A systematic review0
Treated together–changed together: The application of dyadic analyses to understand the reciprocal nature of alliances and couple satisfaction over time0
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Trajectories of incarcerated coparenting: Examining differences across race and ethnicity0
Comparing the OurRelationship Program and Bibliotherapy for Parents Experiencing Couple Distress: A Randomized Pilot0
The scale of myths of romantic love: Evidence of validity and reliability of a brief scale in Peru0
Burnout in MFT trainees: Impact of demands and resources0
Dyadic parent–adolescent relationship quality as pathways from maternal childhood abuse to adolescent psychopathology0
Systemic interventions for traumatic event exposure: A 2010–2019 decade review0
Explaining the Mental Health Consequences of Internalized Racial Oppression: The Mediating Roles of Family Resilience and Collective Action0
Performance‐based family therapy: A therapist's guide to measurable change.Fishman, H. C. (2022). New York, NY: Routledge, 256 pp., $39.95.0
Comparison of the effectiveness of enhanced cognitive‐behavioral couple therapy on emotional self‐regulation and couple burnout of self‐assigned and court‐referred incompatible couples0
AsenE., & MorrisE. (2020). High‐conflict parenting post‐separation: The making and breaking of family ties. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 166 pp. $128.000
The unspoken experiences of systemic supervisors of color: A modified Delphi study0
Couple therapy with parents: Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial testing the Integrative Brief Systemic Intervention (IBSI)0
The development of a dyadic family life review intervention for the Asian diaspora: A practice article0
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Assessments for multi‐heritage couple therapy: A review of existing tools0
Wampler, K. S. & Blow, A. J. (Eds.), (2020). The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy: Volume 3. Systemic Family Therapy with CouplesJohn Wiley & Sons.0
Improvements in depressive symptoms following a brief relationship intervention0
Relational sanctification, communal coping, and depression among African American couples0
An update of the Couple Adaptation to Traumatic Stress Model: Systematic research synthesis of the association between secondary trauma survivor functioning and couple functioning0
Understanding African American help‐seeking for romantic relationships: Advocacy, barriers, and considerations0
Introduction to the special issue on telehealth0
Doherty, W. J. (2022). The ethical lives of clients: Transcending self‐interest in psychotherapy. American Psychological Association, 163 pp., $39.990
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Exploring the effectiveness of emotionally focused therapy for depressive symptoms and relationship distress among couples in Taiwan: A single‐arm pragmatic trial0
Integrative couple therapy in action: A practical guide for handling common relationship problems and crises By Arthur C.Nielsen, New York, NY: Routledge. 2022. pp. 284. $42.950
“Each person's experience, each person's needs”: How therapists open space for multiple perspectives during reflecting team family therapy supervision0
Myths of Romantic Love, Negative Interactions, Relationship Involvement, Satisfaction, Infidelity, and Jealousy in Peruvian Individuals With Couples: Directed and Undirected Network Analysis0
Tilsen, J. (2021). Queering your therapy practice: Queer theory, narrative therapy, and imagining new identitiesNew York, NY: Routledge0
Child and family characteristics in multisystemic therapy for child abuse and neglect (MST‐CAN): Are there associations with treatment outcome?0
The relationship between therapist interventions and couples' emotional injury resolution in emotion focused couples therapy0
Family‐based treatments for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A review of family functioning outcomes in randomized controlled trials from 2010 to 20190
Naming and Navigating Matters: Family Therapists' Perspectives Facilitating Ethnic–Racial Socialization Practices With Latino Parents0
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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
What MFTs should know about nutrition, psychosocial health, and collaborative care with nutrition professionals0
Effectiveness of a marital relationship skills training intervention on marital adjustment among individuals in Hosanna Town, Southwest Ethiopia: A randomized‐controlled trial0
The change process questionnaire (CPQ): A psychometric validation0
Family Rituals and Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Parental Burnout0
Past is present: Pathways between childhood sexual abuse and relationship satisfaction0
Physical Aspects of Sexuality, Attachment, and Sexual Satisfaction0
Somatic experience of emotion in emotionally focused couple therapy: Experienced trainer therapists' views and experiences0
Assessment of forgiveness in couple relationships: Adaptation of the Marital Offense‐Specific Forgiveness Scale (MOFS) to a Spanish sample0
Indirect Effects of Self‐Differentiation and Mentalization on Family of Origin Health and Marital Satisfaction Among Korean Adults0
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