This paper focuses on the basic skills and competencies of transgenerational approaches to family... more This paper focuses on the basic skills and competencies of transgenerational approaches to family therapy, the fourth report of a program of research surveys by the Basic Family Therapy Skills Project. In the first survey, a panel of family therapy educators listed the most critical or basic skills or competencies of beginning family therapists with a transgenerational orientation. In the third survey, selfselected respondents rated these items according to degree of importance for beginning family therapists. Rankings of the items according to mean scores of the Likert responses indicate that transgenerational family therapy skills are founded in theory and can be identified behaviorally. The most important skills are those that use the self of the therapist to understand and utilize transgenerational family therapy skills for both therapist and clients. Also listed are skills that many raters deemed "generic '' rather than specifically related to transgenerational family therapy. Other findings and their implications for the future training of family therapists are discussed. Although the paper is intended for family therapy educators interested in their colleagues' ideas about critical skills in trans-generational family therapy, theorists and clinicians may also find it useful.
This article describes a procedure for training family therapists in the clinical
application of... more This article describes a procedure for training family therapists in the clinical application of circular questioning as developed and implemented at the Mar- riage and Family Therapy Clinic at the University of Iowa. A pragmatic tax- onomy of circular questions is presented; instructional handouts designed to facilitate the use of these questions within the trainee’s initial interviews are included.
Page 1. Journal of Systemic Therapies, Vol. 20, No. 4 2001 SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUPLES GROUP THORANA... more Page 1. Journal of Systemic Therapies, Vol. 20, No. 4 2001 SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUPLES GROUP THORANA S. NELSON Utah State University LAFRAY KELLEY Weber Human Services, Ogden, Utah Solution-focused ...
... the group. Later that evening, he and Thorana Nelson, Associate Professor of Family and Human... more ... the group. Later that evening, he and Thorana Nelson, Associate Professor of Family and Human Development at Utah State University, discussed the nefarious notion. " Let's steal the idea!" Terry subtly suggested. Thorana ...
Systemic couples therapy for alcohol-abusing women.
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Education and training in solution-focused brief therapy
Page 1. Education and Training in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Thorana S. Nelson, PhD Editor Pa... more Page 1. Education and Training in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Thorana S. Nelson, PhD Editor Page 2. Page 3. Thorana S. Nelson Editor Education and Training in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Education and Training ...
Clinical assessment of structural family therapy constructs.
Family Therapy, Jan 1, 1990
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Assumptions and practices within the solution-focused brief therapy tradition.
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Disclosure of divorce plans to children: What the children have to say
Contemporary family therapy, Jan 1, 2002
... Heather Westberg, MS, is a family therapist in Utah. Thorana Nelson, PhD, is director of the ... more ... Heather Westberg, MS, is a family therapist in Utah. Thorana Nelson, PhD, is director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and an associate professor in the Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University, Provo, UT (tnelson@cc.usu.edu). ...
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application of circular questioning as developed and implemented at the Mar-
riage and Family Therapy Clinic at the University of Iowa. A pragmatic tax-
onomy of circular questions is presented; instructional handouts designed to
facilitate the use of these questions within the trainee’s initial interviews are
included.