Diverging from familial fluctuations perpetuates ‘‘nuclear families’’ conceptually in contemporary theoretical, research, and clinical practices. Furthermore, presuming all couples are ‘‘reciprocal relationships’’ only between men and women entails couples are heterosexual or married relationships. However, not all couples are ‘‘reciprocal relationships’’ between men and women. Therefore ‘‘marriage’’ misnames all nonheterosexual and all unmarried couples. In this positional article, the authors emphasize reasonableness, transparency, and linguistic accuracy to include all systemic clients in emergent theories, research, and clinical practices. Preeminent publications (n = 1,763) demonstrated ‘‘couples’’ preponderance over ‘‘marriage’’ between 2000 and 2008. Moreover, the authors suggest linguistic accuracy may advance couples’ ontology and epistemology to develop familial therapies in 21st-century America. The authors also discuss ethical and clinical implications.
To date, there is no article that addresses the dissertation process in the vocative case to demystify doctoral expectations. This article provides guidance to doctoral students, within accredited doctoral counselor education and supervision programs, who face paralyzing emotions as they navigate through degree attainment processes. Herein, the authors instigate discussion among seasoned academics to better equip doctoral candidates as they culminate their studies. This presentation is within an historical context of the evolution of the counseling profession and concludes with reflections on current events that contribute to the evolving nature of American culture and academia.
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