Thorana Nelson

This article describes a procedure for training family therapists in the clinical
application of circular questioning as developed and implemented at the Mar-
riage and Family Therapy Clinic at the University of Iowa. A pragmatic tax-
onomy of circular questions is presented; instructional handouts designed to
facilitate the use of these questions within the trainee’s initial interviews are
included.

... the group. Later that evening, he and Thorana Nelson, Associate Professor of Family and Human Development at Utah State University, discussed the nefarious notion. " Let's steal the idea!" Terry subtly suggested. Thorana ...

... Heather Westberg, MS, is a family therapist in Utah. Thorana Nelson, PhD, is director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and an associate professor in the Department of Family and Human Development, Utah State University, Provo, UT (tnelson@cc.usu.edu). ...

... Thorana S. Nelson, PhD, is Associate Professor, Family and Human Development, and Director, MFT Program, Utah State University, 2700 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84325 (thorana.nelson@ usu.edu). David Prior, MS, is a Marriage and Family Therapist, New Haven, Orem, UT. ...

This study examined the relationship of relationship quality and partner's drug use on treatment outcomes for women in outpatient drug treatment. The sample consisted of predominately heterosexual couples where the female partner was in drug treatment. Both the partners' perception of relationship quality and the interaction of female client and her partner's perception of relationship quality were significant predictors of one of the outcome variables-the client's posttest report of days of drug use during the previous 30 days. Interestingly, clients reported more days of drug use when their partners reported higher relationship quality. A similar pattern was found with the ASI Drug composite score as the dependent variable except that the interaction term was not significant in that analysis. In addition, partners' relationship quality scores were associated with female clients' treatment completion. A higher proportion of women whose partners reported higher relationship quality failed to complete treatment. Partners' reports of pretest and posttest drug use were not related to women's treatment outcomes.

... Lenore M. McWey, PhD, is an assistant professor of marriage and family therapy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Thorana Nelson, PhD, is an associate professor of family and human development at Utah State University. ...

Page 1. rentiation in and Nonclinical Thorana S. Nelson ABSTRACT. This paper examines the differences between three groups of women in terms of Family of Origin Health (FOH), Cur-rent Family of Origin Differentiation (CFOD), and Spousal Differ-entiation (SpD). ...

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This paper reports the results of analyses of the responses of 91 adult clients who reported that their goals had been reached in therapy. The therapy conducted used the Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) approach developed by de Shazer and colleagues at the Brief ...