Journal of Family Psychotherapy 

About: Journal of Family Psychotherapy is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Family therapy & Solution focused brief therapy. It has an ISSN identifier of 0897-5353. Over the lifetime, 727 publications have been published receiving 5624 citations.

What Is Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts? Advances to the Theory of Positive Development Among Individuals and Families Under Stress

Abstract: A convergence of epistemological innovations occurring in fields as diverse as sociology, ecology, and the cross-cultural study of psychology makes it difficult to assert what is and is not a benchmark of positive development under stress. Although these innovations complicate the study of resilience, understanding developmental outcomes of individuals and families as variable across cultures and contexts helps to broaden how we conceptualize protective processes. In this article, I use examples from family therapy and research to explore these areas of innovation. A definition of resilience based on these innovations explains how positive outcomes are the result of navigation to health resources and negotiation for resources to be provided in meaningful ways. Four implications for practice are discussed.

Vicarious Trauma: Proposed Factors That Impact Clinicians

Abstract: This article provides an overview about vicarious traumatization (VT) seen in military (and civilian) therapists working with combat veterans. Special focus is placed on the impact of VT on therapists on personal and professional levels. In addition, 8 important factors that impact the VT symptom severity are described: (a) the number of combat veterans and severity of combat trauma assigned/seen by the therapist; (b) personal history of trauma; (c) professional trauma, including deployment/redeployment in combat zones (in Afghanistan and Iraq) to provide therapy in combat zones; (d) the perception of adequate training for working with combat veterans with Type II trauma; (e) peer supervision and/or consultation; (f) availability of social support; (g) self-care and leisure; and (h) resiliency and stress buffers.

Cisgenderism in Family Therapy: How Everyday Clinical Practices Can Delegitimize People's Gender Self-Designations

Abstract: Cisgenderism is the ideology that delegitimizes people's own designations of their genders and bodies. Family therapy (FT) offers a systemic, non-pathologizing framework for working with people who have experienced cisgenderism. Unfortunately, FT practices, like those of many mental health professionals, are often cisgenderist. The authors discuss literature on cisgenderism, explore implications of therapists’ and supervisors’ cisgenderist practices, and provide a brief self-reflection tool.

Stages of adjustment in family members of transgender individuals

Abstract: While the clinical literature contains descriptions of the families and partners of transgender individuals, a description of the family members' processes of adjustment to a relative's transgender identity has not previously appeared in the family therapy literature. Family members experience different processes from the transgender individual. This article discusses stages that family members may experience and is directed toward therapists who work with any member of the family, as well as toward transgender individuals who may need to understand their families' experience.