An Interactional Approach to Marital Infidelity: Including the “Other Woman” in Therapy

Overcoming Bias Toward Same-Sex Couples: A Case Study From Inside an MFT Ethics Classroom

“…I did not expect the articles I handed out in class to speak to the students so clearly about the need to be more tolerant in working with clients from various backgrounds-especially the LGBT population. Unexpectedly, this is how my students translated the Green and Bobele (1988) and Waldman (1999) articles' utility. I expected those articles to be useful, but I was completely unprepared for how.…”

“…There was a second article that greatly influenced many of the students in the class. On the week of March 10, the class read an article by Green and Bobele (1988). The article illustrates a case in which a couple presents for therapy because of the husband's infidelity.…”

“…In telling her story to the class, she mentioned the Green and Bobele article as pivotal to the evolution of her ideas. One comment she made, which I hurriedly wrote down, was that in the Green and Bobele (1988) article, "[The therapists] joined with the case and didn't get converted; they didn't compromise anything. .…”

“…One of the assignments that I was given while in this class on legal and ethical issues was to read an article by Green and Bobele (1988). In this article, the team dealt with a couple having issues around infidelity.…”

“…Similarly, although I like to think all students were positively affected by MLT's lecture, I do not know if this is the reality. In fact, 2 years later, DT commented to me that, even for her, MLT's lecture was not what was pivotal to her change-for her, it was the Green and Bobele (1988) article she had read 1 week earlier. Rather, she said to me, "MLT's talk reinforced my learning," and was "meaningful to me as a Christian."…”