The North Dakota State University program is particularly committed to preparing students to work with diverse and underserved populations, and is centered in a feminist and social justice framework.
Family Process is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, international journal that publishes research, training and theoretical contributions in the broad areas of families, family therapy, systems theory and practice.
At the 2012 NCFR Annual Conference in Phoenix, we are sponsoring or cosponsoring an exciting array of workshops, roundtables, symposia, paper sessions, and posters.
by Lisa Jaynes Johnson, Ph.D., LMFT, and Margaret V. (Peggy) Moore, LISW
When couples come to therapy, they may bring individual trauma from their pasts as well as trauma that emerged in the relationship. When trauma is present, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) may be useful to help the couple process the traumas that plague the relationship as well as to help improve the communication between them.
We had strong attendance this year in Orlando-somewhere around 50 people packed the room as Chair-Elect Christi McGeorge led a mentoring-themed activity in which we divided up as mentors or mentees and met people we'd never talked to before. We hope to follow up at next year's meeting with a speed-mentoring activity. You won't want to miss it!.
Aspiring Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) have lots of options for graduate school; there are more than 100 COAMFTE-accredited programs around the US. How should you go about choosing the school that is right for you?
Military families...research, historical overviews, practice and programs. Introduction by Shelly MacDermid Wadsworth, Ph.D. CFLE, Purdue University.
Special access: Since the well-being of military families has re-emerged as an important topic for our nation during the last decade, this issue of NCFR Report is available to all readers.
Lindsay L. Edwards wins the Family Therapy Section Best Student Research Paper Award and Ryan Seedall wins the Family Therapy Section Best New Professional Research Paper.
Amy Claridge wins the Family Therapy Section Best Student Poster Award and Ericka L. Grafsky wins the Family Therapy Section Best New Professional Poster Award
Please view the PowerPoint linked to this page to learn more about the career of Dr. Kathleen Briggs for whom the Kathleen Briggs Outstanding Mentor Award is named.
Time has flown by since many of us saw each other at our annual section meeting in Orlando. We had strong attendance--somewhere around 50 people packed the room as Chair Elect Christi McGeorge led a Mentoring themed activity in which we divided up as mentors or mentees and met some people we'd never talked to before. We hope to follow up at next year's meeting with a speed-mentoring activity
The Family Therapy Section of National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred the Section’s Kathleen Briggs Mentoring Award jointly to Drs. Karen and Richard Wampler of Michigan State University. This first Briggs Award recognizes the Wamplers’ years of service to the fields of couple and family therapy and family studies.
by Ingrid Arnet Connidis, Ph.D., the University of Western Ontario
Occasionally a concept comes along that resonates with the research community. A recent example is the idea of ambivalence. Despite some reservations, an impressive array of studies has used ambivalence in creative and thoughtful ways to enhance our understanding of intergenerational relations.
by Marilyn Coleman, Ph.D. and Lawrence Ganong, Ph.D., University of Missouri
Most Americans agree that "adult children should take care of their parents when they get old." But suppose that your parents divorced when you were 10 years old and your mother moved far away. Would that affect how you would feel about helping her? Would that make a difference to you?
by Marie LaHaye, M.S. candidate and graduate research assistant, Project HOME, Family & Developmental Studies Program, Colorado State University
Imagine you have just retired from teaching and are looking forward to retirement and pursuing your own interests. Then, one afternoon, you receive a call from social services that your daughter has been arrested, so her two children are being placed in your care. What will you do?
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