2017
DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12294
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The Profession of Couple, Marital, and Family Therapy (CMFT): Defining Ourselves and Moving Forward

Abstract: The field of Couple, Marital, and Family Therapy (CMFT) has evolved and strengthened, but we still have work to do when it comes to identity, comprehensive scholarly resources, empirical support, and name brand recognition. We explore the reasons for these challenges and propose ways to address them: embracing the interdisciplinary nature of the field, consistently organizing treatment effectiveness by problem rather than by intervention model, continuing innovation in theory development, and utilizing more di… Show more

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“…I asked them to consider impact, originality, and quality of the scholarship in each manuscript. I am pleased to announce that JMFT's 2019 "Article of the Year" goes to authors Wampler et al (2019) for their article entitled: The Profession of Couple, Marital, and Family Therapy (CMFT): Defining Ourselves and Moving Forward. One of the committee members said the following about this article: "[This article] has everything you need when [thinking about] advancing our profession.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…I asked them to consider impact, originality, and quality of the scholarship in each manuscript. I am pleased to announce that JMFT's 2019 "Article of the Year" goes to authors Wampler et al (2019) for their article entitled: The Profession of Couple, Marital, and Family Therapy (CMFT): Defining Ourselves and Moving Forward. One of the committee members said the following about this article: "[This article] has everything you need when [thinking about] advancing our profession.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The term "SFT" is distinctive but has the flexibility to encompass the range of work that we do; for example, SFT with couples, SFT in medical settings, SFT with individuals, SFT from a cognitive-behavioral perspective.Intensive work with multiple authors over the past year, editing chapters, and continuing discussions have convinced us that we made the right decision to change the name of the book to the "Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy." Indeed, if you go through our original article (Wampler et al, 2018) and substitute "SFT" for "CMFT" throughout, we think you will find that our substantive arguments are not changed; in fact, we believe they are enhanced. We hope that readers of the original article (Wampler et al, 2018) will agree and join us in using SFT as the most comprehensive and meaningful term to describe both the practice and profession of family therapy.…”
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We developed the ideas for the article preceding this addendum (Wampler, Blow, McWey, Miller, & Wampler, 2018) during the early stages of writing a book proposal for a new, more comprehensive handbook for our field (Wampler et al, in press). One ongoing debate we had as editors of the forthcoming handbook was the name of the book.
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“…In considering how this evidence base can be extended further, Lebow () helpfully points to the difference between ‘efficacy’ research (RCTs conducted under strictly controlled conditions) and ‘effectiveness’ research (examining therapy under the conditions in which it is more typically delivered), pointing out that for the latter sort of studies there will be more confounding variables, and hence smaller effect sizes. Meanwhile Wampler et al () describe ‘diverse and meaningful’ research methods, urging us a profession to make use of these.…”
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