How does one obtain employment and succeed in the growing yet competitive field of family therapy? For anyone asking themselves this question, The Marriage and Family Therapy Career Guide is the resource to read. It is structured around a series of interviews with successful graduates of accredited MFT programs and covers a wide range of career options. Not only is up-to-date information on licensure and practice requirements for each state included, the authors also present agency, residential, coaching, medical, legal, tribal, academic, corporate, faith-based, and private practice options. The book ends with a section for those professionals who wish to practice abroad. This is an indispensable guide for marriage and family therapists wishing to start their career, or change their area of practice.

Doug Sprenkle - Awarded the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) 2010 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Research and Practice! Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses critical questions of how change occurs in couple and family therapy and how to help clients achieve better results. The authors show that regardless of a clinician's orientation or favored techniques, there are particular therapist attributes, relationship variables, and other factors that make therapy specifically, therapy with couples and families more or less effective. The book explains these common factors in depth and provides hands-on guidance for capitalizing on them in clinical practice and training. User-friendly features include numerous case examples and a reproducible common factors checklist.

In clear, easy-to-grasp language, the author covers many of the topics that you will need to know in order to win your dream job and be the first in line for a promotion.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Treatment Planning. 2. Structural Family Therapy. 3. Strategic Therapy. 4. Milan Systemic Approach. 5. MRI Approach. 6. Satir's Communication Approach. 7. Symbolic-Experiential Family Therapy. 8. Intergenerational Family Therapy. 9. Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy. 10. Solution-Focused Therapy. 11. Narrative Therapy. 12. Collaborative Therapies. Internet and Video Resources. Index.

From the Back Cover: Procedures in Marriage and Family Therapy. Basic Approach: This handy reference book guides practitioners through the procedures in marriage and family therapy-from common to troublesome situations-including child-custody evaluation, alcohol abuse, and more! With in-depth explanations and clear directions for clinical practice, readers are guided through the many procedures to use in successful marriage and family therapy. This handbook is both a student's and clinician's guide to handling situations through the use of in-depth explanations. Those studying Family Therapy or just starting their careers will especially appreciate the handbook's clear directions, along with the authors' values-which are the product of many years of experience. Features of the New Edition: A compilation of up to contemporary techniques and procedures for marriage and family therapy students and clinicians; Strategies and solutions, organized around a handbook format, that can be used at any stage of a therapist's career; New! A carefully constructed and comprehensive index makes finding solutions quick and easy.