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{"title":"How to Work Through Christian Religious Barriers to Being Affirming and Celebratory of Transgender and Nonbinary People: Insights From Mainline Protestant Christian Religious Leaders.","authors":"Christi R McGeorge, Katelyn O Coburn","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70138","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given the centrality of religious beliefs in shaping nonaffirming perceptions of marginalized gender identities, this exploratory qualitative study sought to interview Christian religious leaders with the hope of better supporting family therapists and families in developing affirming and celebratory views of transgender and nonbinary identities. Nineteen religious leaders from mainly diverse Mainline Christian Protestant traditions were interviewed. Queer theory-informed thematic analysis revealed four themes that reflect insights in fostering more affirming and inclusive beliefs about transgender and nonbinary people: (1) discuss the misuse and appropriate use of religious theology, (2) be present with people, (3) educate through resources and the humanization of transgender and nonbinary people, and (4) be a living example of affirmation. Implications for family therapists are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":"e70138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147773851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"I'm Going to Do Everything I Can to Keep You From Having to Interact With the Police\": Queer Therapists' Perceptions of Police.","authors":"Steph Cooke, Mary Cate Komoski, Lauren Jordan","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70143","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated queer therapists' perceptions of police bias and attitudes toward police. We used a mixed-methods explanatory approach by administering the Perceptions of Police Scale (POPS) to mental health professionals and conducted follow-up qualitative interviews with participants who identify with a queer sexuality to explore the factors influencing their perceptions of police and the ways in which they view and utilize reliance on police when a client is experiencing a mental health crisis. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS using correlations and t-tests to assess the relationship between sexuality and perceptions of police scores. Sexuality significantly correlated with perceptions of the police, meaning queer therapists viewed the police less favorably compared to heterosexual participants. A qualitative analysis using reflexive thematic analysis revealed seven themes that address how queer therapists perceive police and strategies utilized to decide if calling 911 for a client in crisis would be lifesaving or life-threatening.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":"e70143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13158896/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147868636","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"I'm Not Here to Teach You How to Be Gay:\" LGBTQ+ Client Experiences of Othering in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy.","authors":"Caitlin Edwards, Lekie Dwanyen, Andrea Wittenborn, Robert Allan","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70141","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the increasing emphasis on addressing the intersections of client and therapist identity to improve therapeutic outcomes, therapy clients holding marginalized identities continue to experience othering. Othering is a process that engenders marginalization and inequality based on preconceived group identity, involves the hegemonic construction of belonging and not belonging, and often entails both stereotyping and racialization. This paper reports on the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning plus (LGBTQ+) emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT) clients' experience of othering both in their own therapy and as part of participating in a research study on tailoring EFCT to account for the unique lived experience of members of the LGBTQ+ communities. This study relied on negative case analysis in the context of thematic analysis (TA) to develop three themes: (1) understanding versus inflating identity, (2) educating the therapist, and (3) deepening discussions around identity.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":"e70141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13150406/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147839111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding Power Dynamics of Latter-Day Saint Marriages in the United States","authors":"Bonnie Young,&nbsp;Ryan Seedall,&nbsp;Dave Robinson,&nbsp;Julie Gast,&nbsp;Caroline Kline,&nbsp;Patrick Mason","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70155","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70155","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Equality in marriage is an important element of healthy relationships. Religious marriages differ from those of non-religious or religiously ambiguous individuals. How religious couples experience equality in marriage is an understudied process. A grounded theory design was used to understand how Latter-day Saint couples experience marital power sharing. Thirty-one participants (fifteen opposite sex couples and one wife) participated in 46 interviews where they discussed their marital dynamics, especially surrounding their perceived influence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and power sharing. Four interrelated processes surfaced from these interviews: interacting influences (one's family of origin, the Church, and culture), self-in-relationship (including one's self-concept, self-awareness, examination of beliefs, and healing and reconciliation), relational processes (including taking relational responsibility, balancing relational influence, attuning to one's partner, and engaging in emotional exposure), and identity formation (“we” vs. “me”). Implications and applications for clinical practice are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148345560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing Relationship Functioning and Relationship Deployment Readiness: Dyadic Changes Through the Adventures in Marriage (AIM) Program Among Military Couples","authors":"Chengfei Jiao,&nbsp;Hye-Jung Yun,&nbsp;Kaley G. Turner,&nbsp;Qinglan Feng,&nbsp;Cynthia B. Wilson,&nbsp;Kayla Reed-Fitzke","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70154","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70154","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Military couples face unique relational challenges, including deployments, relocations, and extended separations, which can negatively impact relationship well-being. The Adventures in Marriage (AIM) program aims to enhance relationship functioning by focusing on couple interactions through a structured, skills-based curriculum in a time-efficient and accessible format that addresses the challenges faced by military couples. The purpose of the current study was to examine military couples' relationship functioning and relationship deployment readiness after attending the AIM program. A total of 302 different-sex military couples completed pre- and post-program surveys. Using Latent Change Score Modeling (LCSM), the results indicated significant increases in both wives' and husbands' relationship functioning and relationship deployment readiness following participation in the AIM program. Improvements in relationship functioning were associated with improvements in relationship deployment readiness at both individual and dyadic levels. The implications underscore the importance of integrating programs like AIM into military family services.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70154","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148258340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does Acceptance of the Relational Reframe Predict Adolescent Depression and Suicidal Ideation Outcomes?","authors":"Nele Bergers,&nbsp;E. Stephanie Krauthamer Ewing,&nbsp;Daniel T. Vader,&nbsp;Tara Santens,&nbsp;Suzanne Levy,&nbsp;Nadia van der Spek,&nbsp;Claudi Bockting,&nbsp;Guy Diamond,&nbsp;Guy Bosmans","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70153","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70153","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) is an evidence-based systemic treatment for adolescent depression and suicidality. The first session focuses on shifting therapy goals from behavior management to relational repair. This study explores whether making this shift is associated with adolescent treatment outcomes. First-session recordings from an ABFT randomized controlled trial were coded for shifts in content (from an individual to a relational understanding of symptoms) and affect (from defensive to vulnerable emotions or hopefulness). Greater maternal responsivity to the relational reframe and stronger maternal acceptance of the relational contract were associated with greater reductions in adolescents' depressive symptoms. In contrast, adolescent scores on these measures were not associated with depressive symptom change, and although suicidal ideation decreased in the overall study, neither adolescent nor maternal scores on these measures predicted changes in suicidal ideation. Findings suggest that early maternal engagement with the relational focus of ABFT may be an indicator of subsequent improvement in adolescent depression.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148251783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"RETRACTION: Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70150","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>RETRACTION:</b> S. Thorpe, K. E. Vigil, B. Duroseau, P. Iyiewuare, N. Malone, J. N. Dogan-Dixon, J. Ross, “Superwoman Schema and Relationship Satisfaction Among Black Women in the United States: The Mediating Role of Relationship Attachment,” <i>Journal of Marital and Family Therapy</i> 51, no. 3 (2025): e70036, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmft.70036.</p><p>The above article, published online on 27 May 2025 on Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) has been retracted by agreement between the Editor-in-Chief, Lenore M. McWey, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, the authors, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. A third party reported that a number of references in this article were either incorrect or nonexistent. Further investigation confirmed that a significant number of references were either incorrect or nonexistent. All parties have determined that the large number of incorrect references constitutes a major error and leaves significant portions of the article unsubstantiated. This retraction has been agreed to because these errors in the references fundamentally compromise the content of the article.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2026-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70150","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148251730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue on Emerging Trends of Systemic Family Therapy Around the World","authors":"Yochay Nadan,&nbsp;Carla Guanaes-Lorenzi,&nbsp;Monica Sesma-Vazquez","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70152","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70152","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;When we were invited to serve as guest editors for the special issue “Emerging Trends of Systemic Family Therapy around the World: What Works?” for the &lt;i&gt;Journal of Marital and Family Therapy&lt;/i&gt;, we were immediately drawn to the possibility of examining how systemic family therapy is practiced, adapted, and reimagined across diverse cultural and sociopolitical contexts. In collaboration with the Journal's editor, we sought contributions examining how systemic family therapy is translated and reshaped within various global and local settings, including questions of cultural responsiveness, training and supervision, relational ethics, and the local translation of systemic approaches. These questions were grounded in the understanding that systemic interventions must remain attentive and responsive to the cultural, social, political, and relational contexts within which families and communities live.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This special issue features a comprehensive collection of 13 articles that map the evolving landscape of systemic family therapy across five continents, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Uganda, and Australia. The issue is carefully balanced between six empirical studies utilizing diverse qualitative methodologies such as conversation analysis (Muntigl et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;), discourse analysis (Reséndiz Juárez and Fruggeri &lt;span&gt;2026&lt;/span&gt;), reflexive thematic analysis (Lordello and da Silva &lt;span&gt;2026&lt;/span&gt;; Asiimwe et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;), community-based participatory research (Springer et al. &lt;span&gt;2026&lt;/span&gt;), and case-informed analysis (White et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;), and seven conceptual-clinical papers that introduce innovative theoretical frameworks, therapeutic rituals, and practice guidelines (Tomm and Taylor &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Barros and Doyle &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Gaete-Silva et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Cadieux Van Vliet and Rabiau &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Balestra et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Treviño &lt;span&gt;2026&lt;/span&gt;; Li et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One notable thread running throughout the collection is its sustained engagement with social justice and marginalized voices, ranging from transgender and non-binary individuals and non-monogamous relationships (Barros and Doyle &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Cadieux Van Vliet and Rabiau &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;) to refugees (Muntigl et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;) and community-based participatory work addressing health disparities (Springer et al. &lt;span&gt;2026&lt;/span&gt;). Furthermore, the issue critically navigates the inherent tensions between Global North therapeutic models and local cultural practices, examining how aspects like professional authority and emotional norms must be adapted to ensure clinical efficacy and cultural fit in diverse global contexts (Asiimwe et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Balestra et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;; Muntigl et al. &lt;span&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The contributions in this special issue suggest that contemporary systemic family therapy is in","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70152","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148199230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is the House You Were Born in Your Destiny? Exploring the Dynamics of Family-of-Origin Experiences, Dysfunctional Relationship Beliefs, and Marital Satisfaction","authors":"Fatmagul Gurbuz-Akcay,&nbsp;Gökhan Atik","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70151","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70151","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study focuses on marital satisfaction, a key concept often used to assess happiness and stability in a marriage. The main goal of this study was to explore the mediating processes linking experiences in the family of origin to marital satisfaction. A total of 357 married individuals participated in the research. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing marital satisfaction, family-of-origin experiences, and dysfunctional relational beliefs. The study's model was analyzed using structural equation modeling. The mediation analysis suggests that experiences in the family of origin may play a role in shaping marital satisfaction through dysfunctional relationship beliefs. The results indicated that married individuals who experienced dysfunctional family-of-origin experiences reported lower marital satisfaction if they also held dysfunctional relationship beliefs. This highlights the importance of addressing dysfunctional relationship beliefs in married couples to minimize the influence of negative family experiences on their marital relationships.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148199199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"It Takes Two to Tango: The Interplay of Partners' Communicated Perspective-Taking, Positive Relational Experience During Conflict and Relationship Satisfaction in Young Adult Couples","authors":"Marianne Emond,&nbsp;Brenda Ramos,&nbsp;Florence Léonard,&nbsp;Katherine Péloquin,&nbsp;Marie-Ève Daspe","doi":"10.1111/jmft.70149","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jmft.70149","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research has yet to clarify the relational mechanisms through which communicated perspective-taking (CPT) during conflict relates to overall relationship satisfaction, and prior studies have largely overlooked its dynamic and interactive nature, often examining partners' contributions separately. To address these gaps, this study employed an observational dyadic design to examine, in a sample of 178 young adult couples, the unique and joint contributions of partners' CPT during conflict to their relationship satisfaction, as well as the role of positive relational experience during conflict in these associations. Results showed that an individual's CPT was positively associated with their own and their partner's relationship satisfaction, through both their own and their partner's greater positive relational experience during the conflict discussion. Partners' CPT also interacted in association with relational experience and relationship satisfaction. Findings underscore the potential role of positive relational experience and the inherently dyadic and interactive nature of CPT within couple interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16320,"journal":{"name":"Journal of marital and family therapy","volume":"52 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jmft.70149","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148163516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}