Medical Family Therapy

Foreword.- Preface.- A Review of Medical Family Therapy: 30 Years of History, Growth and Research.- Medical Family Therapy: Charting a Course in Competencies.- Preparing to be a Medical Family Therapist: Bridging the Multiple Worlds of Health Care.- Medical Family Therapy in Integrated Primary Care: An Interactional Framework.- Building Relationships in Integrated Care.- Working with Providers and Healthcare Systems Experiencing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout.- MedFT Supervision in Context.- Preparing for Leadership Roles in Healthcare Settings.- The Medical Family Therapist as Transdisciplinary Trainer.- Honoring the "Spirituality" in Biopsychosocial-Spiritual Health Care: Medical Family Therapists on the Frontlines of Graduate Education, Clinical Practice and Research.- Medical Family Therapy Scientist-Practitioners.- Advancing Medical Family Therapy Through Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed-Method Research.- Engaging Communities as Partners in Research: Advancing Integrated Care through Purposeful Partnerships.- A Primer in Program Evaluation for MedFTs Dissemination and Implementation Science: Research for the Real World Medical Family Therapist.- Advancing Health Equity in Medical Family Therapy Research.- Policy and Practice: A Primer on the Past, Present and Future of Healthcare Reform in the United States.- Family Therapists in Primary Care Settings: Opportunities for Integration through Advocacy.- The Ethics of Integration: Where Policy and Practice Collide.- How to Prepare a Medical Family Therapy Policy Brief.- A Summary Report of Cost-Effectiveness: Recognizing the Value of Family Therapy in Healthcare.- Getting Reimbursed for MedFT: Financial Models Toward Sustainability.- Epilogue.

The editors of this text are all nationally recognized scholars and educators in the areas of Medical Family Therapy and marriage and family therapy. Drs. Hodgson and Lamson have co- authored the first doctoral program in Medical Family Therapy in the United States with graduates in leadership, academic and clinical positions all across the country. Dr. Mendenhall, Hodgson and Lamson have designed training and clinical integrated care programs in primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. Dr. Crane has risen to the level of national recognition for his cost effectiveness research. All combined, these editors have over 300 publications, 600 presentations, 3 edited books and over 60 years of experience providing leadership, conducting research and training therapists to work in healthcare settings.

"High praise to Hodgson, Lamson, Mendenhall, and Crane and in creating a seminal work for systemic researchers, educators, supervisors, policy makers and financial experts in health care.  The comprehensiveness and innovation explored by every author reflects an in depth understanding that reveals true pioneers of integrated health care. Medical Family Therapy: Advances in Application will lead the way for Medical Family Therapists in areas just now being acknowledged and explored." -- Tracy Todd, PhD, LMFT, Executive Director of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

"This is a much needed and long-awaited book as the field of medical family therapy reaches its current level of maturity. The authors are respected clinicians and researchers in the area and they share their expertise and wisdom in this book with elegance. An impressively practical book that is likely to become a very useful resource for all those looking for a "go to" book in this area!" -- Sy Saeed, MD, MS, FACPsych, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Psychiatric Administration and Management (JPAM), Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University

"As we seek to implement a medical system that meets the needs of all families, it is critical that we delineate and understand the skills, tasks and opportunities at every level of the healthcare process. Medical Family Therapists are at the core of this endeavor with a unique blend of clinical, organizational and leadership talents. More and more, these professionals are being invited to the table where they remind us to consider the family, and attend to the relationships within and between all involved in the delivery of efficient and effective care. This book guides the Medical Family Therapist as they step into these roles of influencing the influencers. It is a must read to understand the further complexities of the healthcare puzzle and the roles played in shaping a

From the book reviews:"This book describes the various aspects of practicing medical family therapy, an emerging interdisciplinary healthcare field. ... Medical family therapy practitioners as well as students in graduate level classes who are interested in working as family therapists in medical settings are an appropriate audience. ... This is a timely and comprehensive addition to the medical family therapy literature." (Ileana Ungureanu, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2014)