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<p>List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes ix</p> <p>About the Author xi</p> <p>Foreword xiii</p> <p>Acknowledgments xvii</p> <p><b>Part I</b></p> <p>1 Becoming a Competent Marriage and Family Therapist 3</p> <p>2 Basic Therapist Skills 17</p> <p>3 The Initial Phone Call and Assessing Clients’ Complaints and Goals 63</p> <p>4 Establishing a Treatment Plan and Delivering the Planned Treatment 85</p> <p>5 Evaluating Adherence to the Treatment Plan and Evaluating Treatment Outcomes 109</p> <p>6 Terminating Therapy 135</p> <p><b>Part II Protocols for Selected Models of Marriage and Family Therapy: Delivering Evidence-Based Treatments</b></p> <p>Introduction to Part II 147</p> <p>7 Protocol for Conducting Gottman Method Couple Therapy 149</p> <p>8 Protocol for Conducting Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Couples 195</p> <p>Notes 217</p> <p>Appendix A Person of the Therapist Checklist 219</p> <p>Appendix B Therapist Self-Soothing Procedures 221</p> <p>Appendix C Standard Assessment Battery for Marital Relational Problems 223</p> <p>Appendix D Written Case Progress Notes 235</p> <p>Appendix E Observations of the Couples’ Communication and Problem-solving Behaviors Therapist’s Rating Form Based on Gottman (1999) 237</p> <p>Appendix F Clinical Experience Log 239</p> <p>Appendix G Preparing a Written Treatment Plan 241</p> <p>Appendix H Written Treatment Summary 247</p> <p>Appendix I Therapy Tailoring Skills Rating Form 249</p> <p>Appendix J Homework Success: Therapist Guidelines 251</p> <p>Appendix K Preparation for Supervision Checklist: Couples 253</p> <p>References 257</p> <p>Index 285</p>

<p><b>D. Eugene Mead</b> is Emeritus Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Brigham Young University, Utah. Over the course of 40 years, he developed and initiated the university's family therapy, sex therapy, marriage and family practicum, and marriage and family therapy supervision classes. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and Clinical Member and Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), having taught the Approved Supervision course at their Winter Institute. He is the author of the acclaimed <i>Effective Supervision: A Task-oriented Model for the Mental Health Professions</i> (1990).</p>

<p><i>Becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist</i> is a practical “how to” guide designed to help trainee therapists bridge the gap between classroom and consulting room. Drawing on over 40 years’ experience, D. Eugene Mead demonstrates that for supervision to result in the positive changes needed to create successful client outcomes, therapists must focus on two basic factors: a good supervisory relationship, and attention to the task of improving therapy skills. The book shows readers how to reinforce these competencies by applying empirically-based methods to each of the core tasks of therapy.</p> <p>Part I presents generic guidelines for all therapy models, including initial contact, assessment and treatment planning, evaluating treatment delivery, continuous evaluation of therapy outcomes, and terminating therapy. Part II goes on to provide treatment protocols that apply these guidelines to a number of well-known and empirically-supported marriage and family treatments.</p> <p>The book also provides extended coverage on assessment and beginning treatment with crisis areas, often a difficult aspect for new therapists, and suggests how supervisors can support trainees in these and other challenging areas.</p>

<p>"This book is the single best source that I am aware of for helping marriage and family therapy interns in implementing knowledge and skills as they begin and advance in working with couples and families. It is apparent that Dr. Mead has shared his professional lifetime of clinical supervision and training as he compiled this encyclopedic volume. Practicing professionals, as well as clinical interns, will greatly benefit from studying and applying information contained in this book."<br /> —<b>Robert F. Stahmann, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University</b></p> <p>"<i>Becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist</i> represents a significant step in the training literature in marriage and family therapy (MFT). It is a challenge to marriage and family therapists to apply an evidence-based approach to their work not unlike what MFTs expect of the physicians to whom they take themselves and their families for treatment. It is a plea to assess thoroughly and to demonstrate progress and success with the best science available. It is asking for the field to come of age. I commend this book as an important contribution to the training literature."<br /> —<b>Douglas H. Sprenkle, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University</b> <b>Former Editor, <i>Journal of Marital and Family Therapy</i></b></p>

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