Working with Resistance
When working with clients it is not uncommon to encounter a client that is resistant towards the therapeutic process. A resistant client is one that either directly or indirectly opposes changing their...
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View ArticleAdditional Clinical Applications of Specialized Family Therapy
In addition to resolving estrangement issues reconciling a parent and a child in a separated family , Specialized Family Therapy also has broad applications to assist separated parents or those in an...
View ArticleBuilding Respectful Relationships in Stepfamilies
During the course of Co-Parenting Counseling with divorced natural parents, it is necessary to work a bit with any stepparent, whether or not a formal second marriage has taken place. Since the...
View ArticleA segment from the Essential Handbook of Specialized Family Therapy
The Initial Separate Face-to-Face Sessions In the first session, any administrative paperwork, consents, releases to the court, and assessments need to be completed. While these activities may be...
View ArticleTrue Resistance that occasionally occurs in the initial session or sessions
There are a minority of cases where true resistance emerges right in the initial session and is at work despite the therapist’s careful and respectful engagement work. The resistant family member wants...
View ArticleSpecialized Family Therapy : Exploratory Outcomes
Executive Summary This report explores the outcomes, services, and demographic aspects of a sample of clients who attended Specialized Family Therapy (Heidish, Maury, 2009) between 2012 and 2013. The...
View ArticleCognitive Dissonance experiences of SFT therapists
In the most productive co parenting or reconciliation counseling sessions the individual parents respond to each other and to the therapist with relief as they agree on options to their previous...
View ArticleReconciliation and Co-Parenting Counseling Research Report
The Reconciliation and Co-Parenting Counseling Research Report explores the impact of Reconciliation/Co-Parenting Counseling (RCPC) on a sample of individuals who were court-referred to Family...
View ArticleSpecialized Family Therapy Course now approved by NASW for 4 Ceu’s
We are proud to announce that this Specialized Family Therapy Training Regimen Course has been approved for four CEU credits having been recently authorized by the National Association of Social...
View ArticleReconciliation as a essential part of family life
The Specialized Family therapy treatment model seeks to reconcile a given parent with his or her children. SFT also to some extent attempts to reconcile separated parents in terms of jointly raising...
View ArticleStructural Family Therapy and Strategic Family Therapy applications in...
I am sometimes asked why Structural Family Therapy and Strategic Family therapy are not featured as core components of Specialized Family therapy: Reconciliation and Co-Parenting Counseling. There is a...
View ArticleNew upcoming Companion training Piece: The Essential Handbook of Advanced...
In 2011, I was the recipient of the Dr. Albert B. Craig Jr, Memorial Award for innovation in Behavioral Health services for the creation of Specialized Family Therapy. Also recently, the Specialized...
View ArticleComing May 15th 2016, The Building A Specialized Family Therapy practice Guide
The major aim of the Building and funding and SFT Practice guide is to assist Program Developers, Grant Writers and Social Service Administrators with material to develop position papers. The position...
View ArticleWorking through the Custodial Parent
In Specialized Family Therapy cases, the reconciliation counseling component is necessary when there is an estranged parent from the children, and the other parent is the custodial parent. Irrespective...
View ArticleThe Importance of Engagement
When we refer to the engagement process we are talking about the process in which clients become active and involved in their treatment process. A lot of us may feel that the engagement process only...
View ArticleA preview of the Advanced Specialized Family Therapy Handbook
1 Author’s Experiential Backdrop At this point it is important to contextualize the therapeutic process within the larger community context and thus reviewing some of the characteristics and external...
View ArticleMore reasons for the Practice of Specialized Family Therapy
1.1 General Trends and Population Characteristics Let me share another piece of the upcoming Advanced Handbook of Specialized Family Therapy…. Trends in family household structure indicate that in 2012...
View ArticleImportant part of Section 3 of the Building a Specialized Family Therapy...
Most Specialized Family Therapy cases involved were court ordered cases, usually regarding separated, never married or divorced parents petitioning the family court over contentious custody/visitation...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Upcoming Building an SFT Practice Guide
Preface In 2011, I was the recipient of the Dr. Albert B. Craig Jr, Memorial Award for innovation in Behavioral Health services for the creation of Specialized Family Therapy. Also recently, the...
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