“…Indeed, even leaders in the field of behavioral interventions complain of a lack of administration guidelines and procedures (O'Farrell, cited in O'Conner, 2001). Notwithstanding, the fact that there is no agreed-on theory of alcoholism in the field of family therapy represents a critical limitation of this approach, and correspondingly, there is no consensus as to what constitutes family treatment (De Maio, 1989;Lawson et al, 1983;Leonard, 1990;Thomas, 1989;Trachtenburg, 1989). …”