Educational Materials and Activities

• Emotionally Focused Therapy Peer Consultation Formopens in new window (PDF, 18KB)
  A form designed for peer consultation/supervision using emotionally focused therapy.
• Family Therapy Peer Consultant Formopens in new window (PDF, 28KB)
  A form designed for peer consultation/supervision using structural family therapy.
• Couple and Family Therapy Initial Assessment Proceduresopens in new window (PDF, 18KB)
  Procedures for pre-treatment family assessments.

• Structural Mapping Exerciseopens in new window (PDF, 55KB)
  Create structural maps that reflect hypotheses about families and formulate therapeutic goals.
• Mock Family and Treatment Team Exerciseopens in new window (PDF, 30KB)
  A semester-long role-play activity designed to provide trainees with opportunities to work with a treatment team and practice family therapy skills with a "mock" family consisting of other trainees playing family member roles.
• Pre-session Worksheet for Structural Family Therapyopens in new window (PDF, 42KB)
  This worksheet is to be completed for couples and couples therapists in training. 
• Couples therapy forms and handoutsopens in new window by Scott R. Woolley, PhD, with emotionally focused therapy notes.
• Family of origin activityopens in new window for clinical training.
• Family Feud PowerPoint templatesopens in new window to use in the classroom as a game to review for tests or introduce new units.

• John Edwards' Tools and Techniques for Family Therapyopens in new window (PDF, KB) instructor's manual.
• John Edwards' Tools and Techniques for Family Therapyopens in new window video.

The website Mom It Forwardopens in new window provides free, downloadable family activities that can be used as "homework assignments" for families in treatment.

Sample Activities

• Family Mission Statementopens in new window
• Child's Family Treeopens in new window
• Dinner Discussion Questionsopens in new window
• "What I Love about You" Activityopens in new window

• Systemic Family Therapy Manual from the Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre at the University of Leedsopens in new window (PDF, 462KB)
• Systemic Family Therapy Manual Therapist Adherence Protocol from the Leeds Family Therapy and Research Centre at the University of Leedsopens in new window

• Systemic Therapy Map from the Centre for Clinical Psychology at the University College Londonopens in new window

• Casado, M., Young, M.E., & Rasmus, S. (2002). Exercises in family therapy, 2nd edition. Merrill Education/Prentice Hall.