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How do adults with a learning disability construct their relationships with support workers? A Foucauldian discourse analysis

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12489

Sinead Peacock-Brennan

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Collaborative contributions to genetics: Systemic and narrative approaches

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12488

Mariangels Ferrer-Duch

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Development and preliminary validation of the C-SCORE: A brief scale for use in systemic couple therapy

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12485

Alan Carr, Aideen Kieran, Hannah Sherbersky, Melanie Shepherd, Michael Galbraith, Naureen Whittinger, Valeria Pomini, Kunsang Yang Yang, Finiki Nearchou, Peter Stratton

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Critical conversations: How marriage and family therapists begin exploring topics of race, gender and social justice

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12487

Crystal G. Marroquin, Katherine L. Morris, Nicholas T. Triplett, Chorong Lee, Jonathan G. Kimmes

{"title":"Critical conversations: How marriage and family therapists begin exploring topics of race, gender and social justice","authors":"Crystal G. Marroquin, Katherine L. Morris, Nicholas T. Triplett, Chorong Lee, Jonathan G. Kimmes","doi":"10.1111/1467-6427.12487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12487","url":null,"abstract":"As systemic practitioners, it is vital that marriage and family therapists continually develop their knowledge of how larger oppressive systems impact their clients. The purpose of this study was to explore how therapists approach the critical topics of race, gender and social justice in therapy. To expand on existing research, the present study utilised a qualitative thematic analysis to examine the experience of eleven marriage and family therapists (MFTs) of varying experience levels. Graduate students (n = 6), professors (n = 4) and clinicians in private practice also working as faculty (n = 1) were included. Results showed evidence of five themes which included: Personhood of the Therapist, Critical Mindset, Therapist Anxiety and Fear of Marginalisation, Effective Intervention and The Role of Supervision. This study contributes to expanding the literature on how therapists can provide culturally sensitive therapy, aid in evolving therapeutic techniques and work to improve therapeutic outcomes.","PeriodicalId":51575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143447198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Through the eyes of the child: Children's experiences of family therapy in Malta

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12484

Tivona Vella Abdilla, Clarissa Sammut Scerri

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Parent and adolescent outcomes from a family-based treatment-informed day programme for adolescents with restrictive eating disorders: A pilot study

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-02-18 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12486

Daniel Wilson, Natalie Loxton, Christel Middeldorp, Ingrid Geissler, Salvatore Catania, Tania Withington

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‘We carry on living in this othered world’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of lesbian/queer co-mothers' relationships with professional support

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-01-07 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12482

Beth Levy, Amanda Middleton

{"title":"‘We carry on living in this othered world’: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of lesbian/queer co-mothers' relationships with professional support","authors":"Beth Levy, Amanda Middleton","doi":"10.1111/1467-6427.12482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12482","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores how experiences of support within the helping professions influence non-birth and/or non-gestational lesbian/queer co-mothers' understanding of their maternal identity. Drawing on Park's (2013) concept of monomaternalism, we explore how established norms of families as consisting of two biological opposite-sex parents impacted participating mothers. Five nonbiological and/or non-carrying/gestational mothers who had formed a family within a lesbian/queer couple relationship took part in the study. An interpretative phenomenological analysis approach (Smith et al., 2009) was used. Three themes are explored: (1) co-mothers' experiences of normativity in professional encounters; (2) co-mothers' co-creation of their maternal selves; and (3) tension between the co-mother's constructed identity and the professional systems involved with her family. The study invites family therapists and systemic practitioners working with co-mothers and their families to consider the impact of heteronormativity and monomaternalism on their work. We hope to enrich understanding, broaden complexity and encourage practitioners to seek out and allow small and subjugated discourses to protect and include co-mothers and LGBTQ+ families.","PeriodicalId":51575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Couple therapy and systemic interventions for adult-focused problems: The evidence base

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-01-05 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12481

Alan Carr

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Unpacking trust repair in couples: A systematic literature review

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2025-01-05 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12483

Marco Giacobbi, Fanny Lalot

{"title":"Unpacking trust repair in couples: A systematic literature review","authors":"Marco Giacobbi, Fanny Lalot","doi":"10.1111/1467-6427.12483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12483","url":null,"abstract":"This systematic literature review aims to summarise the state of empirical research on processes of trust repair in intimate relationships, particularly post-betrayal. It focusses on identifying factors that facilitate or hinder trust recovery. The review adhered to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines, involving an extensive search of Web of Science and Scopus databases. We identified and reviewed thirteen relevant articles. The review shows that fidelity trust is the type of trust most extensively examined by researchers and probably the most crucial for romantic relationships. Across diverse contexts and frameworks, we highlight five key themes for trust repair: (1) proactive transparency, (2) active monitoring, (3) remorse and accountability, (4) shared activities and (5) clear communication of reasons for the betrayal. We also identify limitations in current research, particularly regarding sample sizes and methodology. These findings contribute to a better understanding of trust repair mechanisms in intimate relationships and propose directions for future research, emphasising the need for more robust quantitative studies and the development of tailored therapeutic interventions.","PeriodicalId":51575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143112346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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New Materialism(s) and Systemic Psychotherapy: Does it Matter? (PART 2)

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Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2024-12-25 DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12480

Federico Maria Albertini, Jacob Cilius Vinsten Christiansen, Christopher Loh, Nasif Nijabat

{"title":"New Materialism(s) and Systemic Psychotherapy: Does it Matter? (PART 2)","authors":"Federico Maria Albertini, Jacob Cilius Vinsten Christiansen, Christopher Loh, Nasif Nijabat","doi":"10.1111/1467-6427.12480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12480","url":null,"abstract":"This is the second of a two-part paper on New Materialisms (NMs) and systemic psychotherapy. The paper applies NMs concepts to the practice of systemic psychotherapy through the use of two composite practice examples. Continuing from the first part of the two-part paper, we move the theoretical discussion from a conceptual to a practical level. Therefore, this paper aims to address some of the core elements of NMs and their relevance in systemic psychotherapy practice. It does not claim to take an exhaustive approach to implementing NMs in systemic psychotherapy. NMs can influence a new paradigm within the plurality of paradigms present in systemic psychotherapy. By and large, although NMs and systemic psychotherapy depart from different philosophical, ontological and epistemological underpinnings, we argue that they can be bridged not only at a theoretical but also at a practical level, as they both share a common potentiality as practices of freedom. By plugging in these two practices, new possibilities when it comes to understanding and creating change in our lives and the social situations in which we are situated unfold.","PeriodicalId":51575,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Family Therapy","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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