«If you look at the last 500 years of literature in Western anatomy, it is the one major body
system that hasn't really been
studied,» said Thomas W. Myers, author of the seminal text Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual & Movement
Therapists and arguably the leading expert on fascia in America.
Additional Contributions: We thank Helen MacDonald, PhD, VA National Center for PTSD and Boston University School of Medicine, for assistance with conducting assessments; Rebekah Majors, PhD, VA Boston Healthcare
System, and Anne Wagner, MA, Ryerson University, for serving as
study therapists; Suzanne Pineles, PhD, VA National Center for PTSD and Boston University School of Medicine, for coordinating supervision of
study therapists and assessors; Yinong Young - Xu, PhD, VA National Center for PTSD and Dartmouth Medical School, for consultation on statistical analysis; Melinda Morrill, MA, Clark University, and Amy Brown - Bowers, MA, and Valerie Vorstenbosch, MA, Ryerson University, for assistance with conducting assessments and
study management; K. Carrie Adair, BA, now at the University of North Carolina; Jennifer Belus, BA, Derek Cozzi, BA, Meredith Landy, MA, Marta Maslej, BA, Philippe Shnaider, BA, and Sonya Wanklyn, MA, Ryerson University; and Emily McGuire, BA, VA National Center for PTSD; for assistance with
study management.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The
study evaluated
therapist characteristics,
therapist process, and family process in a short - term
systems - behavioral model of family intervention [now called Functional Family Therapy (FFT)-RSB-.
This coding
system enables researchers and family
therapists to monitor clinical cases, systematically assess the outcome of family intervention programs, and build a data base for
studying aggressive and out - of - control behaviors exhibited by children.
Mr. Frost is a marriage and family
therapist who has been trained in Bowen family
systems theory and family psychotherapy at The Bowen Center for the
Study of the Family in Washington, D.C..
The conceptual frameworks developed by family
therapists, especially those of family
systems theorists, have been applied to a wide range of human behavior, including organisational dynamics and the
study of greatness.