 Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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DECEMBER 2009 FEATURED ARTICLE
Human-Animal Bonds II: The Role of Pets in Family Systems and Family Therapy
Article By: Froma Walsh
| Froma Walsh, PhD, is the Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita in the School of Social Service Administration and Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, and Co-Director, Chicago Center for Family Health. She also hold an appointment as Clinical Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University. Dr. Walsh is a leading expert on family resilience in response to adversity, contemporary family challenges, and the role of spiritual resources. Dr. Walsh is past Editor of the Journal of Marital & Family Therapy; past President of the American Family Therapy Academy; a recipient of numerous awards for her distinguished contributions to the field. Her major books include: Strengthening Family Resilience /(2nd ed. 2006)/; Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family (2nd. ed., 2004) Normal Family Processes: Growing Diversity & Complexity (3rd.ed.,2003). |
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Online discussion of Froma Walsh's "Human-Animal Bonds II: The Role of Pets in Family Systems and Family Therapy" begins January 27. Click on the "Open Forum" link in the menu on the left to access this discussion. We invite your comments, observations and questions.
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CALL FOR NEW EDITOR FOR FAMILY PROCESS FOR 2012
Do you want to have a major impact on the field of family therapy and research? Please consider applying to be the next editor of Family Process with the term beginning in 2012. The Family Process Institute would like to select the next editor by November, 2010. This person will serve as Editor Elect for one year, and then become Editor as of January 1, 2012. The term of the editor is four years, with the potential of one renewal. If interested, please send a letter detailing your relevant experience and your vision for the journal, your CV, and two letters of recommendation (pdf files) to George Howe, PhD at cfrgwh@gwumc.edu by April 16, 2010. The current editor, Evan Imber-Black, PhD, will be happy to discuss the role in more depth. You can contact her at editor@familyprocess.org
Family Process is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary, international journal that publishes research, training, and theoretical contributions in the broad area of families, family therapy, systems theory, and practice. The journal is published quarterly.
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Welcome from the President of the Family Process Instiute, Dr. Nadine Kaslow,
at "About Family Process" (menu at left.)
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NEW: Discounted subscriptions to for members of the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA). Print and online $55, online only $50.
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Watch this space for announcement of the next Multi-Journal of Family Therapy Online Discussion.
The Multi-JFT is a collaboration of Family Process, the Journal of Family Therapy (Great Britain), and the Australia New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.
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