title: Up close: family therapy challenges and innovations around the world.
abstract: Family therapists from 10 different countries (China, India, Israel including Palestinian citizens, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, and the United Kingdom) describe systemic therapy in their contexts and current innovative work and challenges. They highlight the importance of family therapy continuing to cut across disciplines, the power of systems ideas in widely diverse settings and institutions (such as courts, HIV projects, working with people forced into exile), extensive new mental health initiatives (such as in Turkey and India), as well as the range of family therapy journals available (four alone in Spain). Many family therapy groups are collaborating across organizations (especially in Asia) and the article presents other ideas for connections such as a clearing house to inexpensively translate family therapy articles into other languages.
authors.affiliation: Professor Emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
authors.forename: Janine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Khawla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abu-Baker
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diez Fernández
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chong Garcia
authors.forename: Glenda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fredman
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamya
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Martín Higarza
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fortes de Leff
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Messent
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torun Reid
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Subrahmanian
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zevallos Vega
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D019546:Couples Therapy; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D008800:Mexico; D010568:Peru; D012106:Research; D012947:Social Work; D013030:Spain; D014177:Translations; D014454:Uganda; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: Couple Therapy; Family Therapy; International Family Therapy; Social Work and Families; estudios sobre la familia; terapia conyugal; terapia familiar; 婚姻治疗; 家庭心理治疗; 家庭问题研究