LibGuides: DMFT-8951: Lesson 8 Resources

Lesson 8 Resources

Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Board
Handbook for candidates of the AMFTRB marital and family therapy national examination. (2024). pp. 16-24. Professional Testing Corporation. https://ptcny.com/pdf/AMFTRB2024.pdf
The SAGE encyclopedia of marriage, family, and couples counseling
Campbell, J. (2016, September 20). The SAGE encyclopedia of marriage, family, and couples counseling. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483369532
The cultural genogram: Key to training culturally competent therapists
Hardy, K. V., & Laszloffy, T. A. (1995). The cultural genogram: Key to training culturally competent family therapists. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 21(3), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1995.tb00158.x
The Impact of HIPAA and HITECH: New standards for confidentiality, security, and documentation for marriage and family therapists
Hecker, L. L., & Edwards, A. B. (2014). The impact of HIPAA and HITECH: New standards for confidentiality, security, and documentation for marriage and family therapists. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 42(2), 95-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/01926187.2013.792711
This article demonstrates how to utilize the cultural genogram to develop culturally competent ways to increase awareness and sensitivity. The authors encourage MFTs to explore personal factors in addition to providing examples of strategies to work with clients.
Mental health practitioners and HIPAA
Letzring, T. D., & Snow, M. S. (2011). Mental health practitioners and HIPAA. International Journal of Play Therapy, 20(3), 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023717
This article provides an overview of privacy protections and security rules relevant to MFT practice. The authors include information on documentation guidelines as well as consequences and penalties related to security violations.
Help me help you: Suggested guidelines for case presentation
Maione, P. V. (2010). Help me help you: Suggested guidelines for case presentation. Contemporary Family Therapy, 33(1), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-010-9138-y
The authors summarize HIPAA factors related to working with children and adults. Topics include covered entities, health information, and electronic transactions. They also provide examples of breaches and highlight compliance strategies.

Optional Resources

Marriage and Family Therapy by Linda Metcalf
ISBN: 9780826106810
This practical textbook helps students in marriage and family programmes, as well as practicing marriage and family therapists, understand and apply a variety of the most popular family therapy models.

Feel free to reference relevant chapters from your selected family therapy model, including but not limited to:

Bowen (Chapter 3), Contextual (Chapter 4), CBFT (Chapter 5), Experiential (Chapter 7 & 8), Structural (Chapter 10), Strategic (Chapter 11), SFBT (Chapter 12), Narrative (Chapter 13)

The Marriage and Family Therapy Career Guide by Anne Rambo; Tommie Boyd; Martha Gonzalez Marquez
ISBN: 9781315723044
Publication Date: 2016-04-28
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.

Feel free to expand on your area of specialization and synthesize information from relevant chapters about the following settings:
Residential (Chapter 4), Private Practice (Chapter 5), Schools (Chapter 6), Medical and Law Collaborations (Chapter 7), Military (Chapter 9), Faith-based settings (Chapter 9)