title: Family rituals--from research to the consulting room and back again: comment on the special section.
abstract: This article offers a comment on the special research section on Family Routines and Rituals from the point of view of a family therapist who has made the use of rituals a specialty in clinical practice. Ways that the research usefully informs clinicians seeking to use rituals in therapy are highlighted. A critique of the articles, particularly in the area of ritual definition, is offered. The comment concludes with several suggestions for future research.
authors.affiliation: Evan Imber-Black, Ackerman Institute, Center for Families and Health, 149 East 78th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA. evanft@aol.com
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Imber-Black
mesh_terms: D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D006801:Humans