"I was simply trying to make it through the day": A collaborative autoethnography of couple/marriage and family therapy program directors in a diversity and anti-racism peer consultation group.

The COVID-19 pandemic and widely depicted incidents of racial injustice in the United States caused marked stress and shifts in society in 2020, leading to an acceleration of discussions related to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) in family-oriented mental health professions, including through training. Despite the consequential role leaders of academic programs play in overseeing didactic and clinical training, little research has examined approaches for supporting academic leaders in promoting DEIJ in family science-related academic training programs. In this collaborative autoethnography, we, six participants in a diversity and anti-racism peer consultation group for leaders of couple/marriage and family therapy (C/MFT) programs, present our experiences participating in the group over the past two years.

Pre-Cohabitation Conversations for Relationships: Recommended Questions for Discussion.

Moving in together is an important transition in a relationship. For many, it is often a shift to the next phase of the relationship indicating higher levels of commitment. Whether the partners are married, plans to get married, or marriage is not part of their future, there are important conversations to be had prior to this transition.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Perinatal Period Through a Biopsychosocial Systemic Framework.

The perinatal period involves major developmental transitions which can be conceptualized through a biopsychosocial (BPS; Engel in Science 196:129-136, 1977, 10.1126/science.847460, in The American Journal of Psychiatry 137:535-544, 1980, 10.

In Their Own Words: A Qualitative Exploration of Last Statements of Capital Punishment Inmates in the State of Missouri, 1995-2011.

Last statements have been a common practice as part of capital punishment as far back as the 1300s in Europe. In the United States, the first execution occurred in 1608, and currently, 32 states have the death penalty. In 1991, Missouri integrated death row inmates into the general prison population, which makes this population unique compared with other death row populations across the United States.

An ode to my uterus.

The author of this short story writes about undergoing five surgeries over twenty years to remove endometriosis. She has two children, but without a uterus she wonders if she still is a woman. She is thankful for no more debilitating pain and the freedom to love with creativity and abandon.

The perfect marriage: solution-focused therapy and motivational interviewing in medical family therapy.

Medical family therapy has many potential uses in behavioral medicine and primary care. Current research was reviewed to determine the most advantageous way to apply solution-focused therapy and motivational interviewing as a perfect marriage in medical family therapy. An extensive literature review was done in the following databases for medical family therapy: Proquest, EBSCO, Medline, and PsychInfo.