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So, You Want to Become a Marriage and Family Therapist? 8 Items to Consider

October 9, 2015 // 5 Comments

Life has been rather busy for us lately, and I have finally found a few minutes to get back to writing again. The U.S. World News & World Report wrote that by 2022, the [...]

Contextual Family Therapy: Meet Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy

July 20, 2015 // 4 Comments

Creator of Contextual Therapy Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, renowned psychiatrist and family therapist, is most well-known for being the creator of Contextual Therapy [...]

Gregory Bateson: Pioneer of Family Systems Theory

July 2, 2015 // 4 Comments

If you love theory, worldviews, or philosophy, this post is for you. Minuchin (1998) wrote that the field of marriage and family therapy was born from Bateson’s systems [...]

Solution Focused Brief Therapy Basics: Meet Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer

April 10, 2015 // 6 Comments

Perhaps the most famous professional therapist couple in the field of marriage and family therapy is Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer (Berg & Dolan, 2001; Berg & [...]

My Trip of a Lifetime: Visiting The Mental Research Institute

March 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

I recently completed a training in San Francisco, and I had some time to explore the city during the evenings. When you think of sites to visit in the city, you would [...]

The Unexpected Blessings of a Marriage and Family Therapist

January 9, 2015 // 18 Comments

Yes, there are definitely some negatives to being a marriage and family therapist. There is burnout, working odd hours, dealing with crises, stuck cases, stress, vicarious [...]

Family Therapy: Not Just For Families

January 1, 2015 // 8 Comments

By Ryan Stivers, PhD & Courtney Stivers, PhD Life happens. A committed relationship, we thought was going well, crumbles in a matter of seconds, or company downsizing [...]

Introducing The Family Therapy Blog

December 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

By Courtney Stivers, PhD What happens when two marriage and family therapists are trapped together on a ten hour road trip? A new blog is born of course! My husband and I [...]