Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services

An innovative model for training family therapists in a family agency provides direct observation and immediate supervision through use of a one-way mirror

Family therapy is especially appropriate in dealing with the powerful impact on family members of pathological forms of separation anxiety and fear of abandonment

Social workers may encounter three linguistic problem areas during interviews—language differences, labeling, and the clients' inability to articulate concerns

Empathic paraprofessionals visit problem child-abusing parents and establish close friendship bonds to aid them in their parenting activities

Special support is often needed to help this client to identify and to express feelings verbally and to translate them into concepts usable in other situations

The social worker can be of significant help in the treatment of the transsexual client through informed use of skills and creation of a network of resources