Marty Jencius

The Practice of Marriage and Family Counseling in Cyberspace

This article reviews the current practice of using the Internet to provide marriage and family counseling services. A history of how the Internet has developed into a medium that can be used for the provision of marriage and family counseling services will be discussed. Ethical guidelines developed by other associations have direct implication in how marriage and family therapists can ethically use this new technology. Future trends in cybercounseling include issues that marriage and family counselors will have to resolve in the coming years.

An Overview of Marriage Enrichment

This article acts as an introduction to the new regular section in The Family Journal called Marriage Education and Enrichment. A brief overview of the history of marriage enrichment is followed by summaries and research associated with five of the leading marriage enrichment programs and research (ACME, TIME, Relationship Enhancement, PREPARE/ENRICH, and PREP). Participants’ views of outcomes and future directions for marriage enrichment are discussed.

A Turkish Perspective on Family Therapy: An Interview With Hürol Fisiloglu

Hürol Fisiloglu, is an associate professor of clinical psychology and currently teaching at Middle East Technical University, Department of Psychology, Ankara. He received his Ph.D. at State University of New York at Buffalo. His main fields of interest are family and marriage functioning, intergenerational relationships, family and marriage therapy,-divorce and remarriage processes, family and handicapped children, family cohesion, marital adjustment, single parents, remarried families, and consanguineous marriages. The views of Hürol Fisiloglu shared in the interview are based on his own experiences as a therapist. He noted that they should not be taken as a representation of the Turkish culture as a whole. This interview took place in August 2003.

The Marriage of Research and Practice: An Interview with John M. Gottman.

Dr. John M. Gottman is one of the most prolific researchers/ authors in marriage and family therapy. He is author or coauthor of more than 35 books and 115 professional articles. Research performed by Dr. Gottman during his career has led to a greater understanding of single subject research method, couples’ communication, conflict resolution in marriages, factors that influence success of marriages, emotional intelligence in children, and mathematical models of marriage and family interactions. He is recently pursuing interventions related to transitions into parenthood. His research has won him numerous professional awards, including the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Distinguished Research Scientist Award, the American Family Therapy Academy Award for Most Distinguished Contributor to Family Systems Research, and the American Psychological Association, Division of Family Psychology, Presidential Citation for Outstanding Lifetime Research Contribution. Dr. Gottman, with his wife and collaborator Dr. Julie Schwartz-Gottman, cofounded the Gottman Institute, whose purpose is twofold: to serve couples directly while also providing training to mental health specialists and health care providers. For more information on the Gottman Institute, access their Web site at http://www.gottman.com or call the institute at (888) 5239042. This interview took place in October 2002.

Creating a Multicultural Family Practice

The article suggests a way in which family therapists can begin to develop a multicultural family practice. The authors review literature regarding recommendations for working with diverse families, examine the therapist’s adoption of Multicultural Competencies, and provide a model for components of a family practice that encourages diverse clients.