MFT-6542 v2

Healy, R. W., & Allen, L. R. (2020). Bowen family systems therapy with transgender minors: A case study. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48(4), 402–411.
Researchers explore a case study with a transgender teen and her parents. Bowen concepts, tools, and clinical directions are presented.

Fedynich, A. L., Birkley, E. L., & Chard, K. M. (2021). Cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for PTSD: A case study of a transgender male co-parenting with former spouse and perpetrator of domestic violence. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28(3), 435–443.
Researchers explore using CBCT (CBT for relationships) with a couple where one partner is transgender. Tools and techniques are explored.

Coppola, J., Gangamma, R., & Hartwell, E. (2021). “We’re just two people in a relationship”: A qualitative exploration of emotional bond and fairness experiences between transgender women and their cisgender partners. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 47(3), 648–663.
Coppola et al., (2021) identify resiliency factors in a group of transgender women and their cisgender partners. A contextual approach is applied.

Brown, K. S., Londergan, K., & Bluvshtein, M. (2020). And they lived happily ever after: An intimate closeness of systems and Adlerian theories in the case of a transgender couple. Journal of Individual Psychology, 76(1), 128–140.
Brown et al. (2020) apply Adlerian therapy to a couple where one partner identifies as transgender.

Marroquin, C. G., Morris, K. L., Guzmán, A., & Rivero, A. (2025). Satir’s experiential model informed by critical theory: A trans-inclusive case study analysis. American Journal of Family Therapy, 53(1), 32–45.
Authors explore elements of Satir’s model that can be integrated with feminist theory as a way to approach gender diverse clients.

Lockhart, E. N. S. (2025). Increasing transgender acceptance in religious families: A pilot study of manualized strategic family therapy. International Journal of Systemic Therapy, 36(1), 1–34.
Authors apply a strategic family therapy lens to working with gender diversity and religious families.