MFT-6105 v2

Balderrama-Durbin, C., Snyder, D. K., & Balsis, S. (2015). Tailoring assessment of relationship distress using the Marital Satisfaction Inventory—Brief Form. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 4(3), 127–135.
Describes the Marital Satisfaction Inventory and the major components of the inventory.

Bradford, K. (2012). Assessing readiness for couple therapy: The stages of relationship change questionnaire. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 38(3), 486–501.
This article features evaluation of readiness tools and a discussion on a couples’ readiness to change in the therapy process.

Doherty, W. J., Harris, S. M., & Wilde, J. L. (2016). Discernment counseling for “mixed-agenda” couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42(2), 246-255.

Emerson, A. J., Harris, S. M., & Ahmed, F. A., (2021). The impact of discernment counseling on individuals who decide to divorce: Experiences of post-divorce communication and coparenting. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47(1), 36-51.
This research highlights the major elements of discernment counseling and how this is applied to therapeutic practice. Discernment counseling assists couples who are considering divorce to help them through the decision-making process and what that might look like.

Gottman, J. M., Gottman, J. S., Cole, C., & Preciado, M. (2020). Gay, lesbian, and heterosexual couples about to begin couples therapy: An online relationship assessment of 40,681 couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 46(2), 218-239.
This article is a research study that highlights the presenting problems that bring couples into therapy. It breaks down unique situations that couples might experience, as well as the steps that lead couples to begin the therapy process.

Halford, W. K., & Pepping, C. A. (2019). What every therapist needs to know about couple therapy. Behaviour Change, 36(3), 121-142. https://doi.org/10.1017/bec.2019.12
In this article, researchers highlight reasons that couples might seek out therapy, how relationship functioning affects individual functioning, ways to work with couples, and closes with suggested competencies therapists need to work well with couples.

Roddy, M. K., Rothman, K., Cicila, L. N., & Doss, B. D. (2019). Why do couples seek relationship help online? Description and comparison to in-person interventions. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 45(3), 369-379.
This research explores why couples seek out online therapy, the challenges that they are bringing to online therapy, and tools or techniques that could assist them.

Virtual Machina (Producer). (2012). In or out: Helping couples with different divorce agendas. [Video] Psychotherapy Networker. https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/in-or-out-helping-couples-with-different-divorce-agendas

Hubbard, A. K., PhD., & Anderson, J. R., PhD. (2022). Understanding barriers to couples therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(4), 1147-1162. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12589