“…Considering that measurement is the main method for determining family therapy's effectiveness and processes, during the past three decades we have witnessed an exponential increase in the number of empirical studies and meta-analyses with good methodology regarding the systemic family interventions (Carr, 2009a;Larner, 2004;Shadish & Baldwin 2003;Sprenkle, 2012;Von Sydow, Beher, Schweitzer, & Retzlaff, 2010). Most recently, the importance of practice-based research and qualitative studies for evaluating the effectiveness of such interventions in general, and in family therapy in particular, has been debated (Larner, 2004;Popay, 2000, Sprenkle, 2012.…”