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Marriage And Family Therapy And The Law: Discovering Systemic Common Ground, Jason C. Richards
Marriage And Family Therapy And The Law: Discovering Systemic Common Ground, Jason C. Richards
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Many important decisions regarding couples and families are made by the legal system. However, this system’s adversarial nature often results in relational losses for clients, even when one “wins” a case. Some believe a solution may exist in legally-minded marriage and family therapists, who, as experts in family systems theory, are in a unique position to help facilitate healing in a flawed, but well-meaning family court system (Brooks & Madden, 2012; Madden, 2008). However, the literature reveals that new therapists may lack appropriate legal knowledge when they graduate, suggesting a need for different preparation by marriage and family therapy programs …