The ''Journal of Family Therapy'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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published by

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on behalf of the Association of Family Therapy and Systematic Practice.

Description

The journal was established in 1979. It covers research related to family therapy, spanning subfields of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

such as clinical psychology,

therapy A therapy or medical treatment (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a medical diagnosis. As a rule, each therapy has indications and contraindications. There are many different ...

counselling Counseling is the professional guidance of the individual by utilizing psychological methods especially in collecting case history data, using various techniques of the personal interview, and testing interests and aptitudes. This is a list of co ...

, and

psychoanalysis PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might b ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 1.066, ranking it 31st out of 46 journals in the category "Family Studies" and 99th out of 127 journals in the category "Psychology Clinical".

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External links

* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-6427 Wiley-Blackwell academic journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1979 Quarterly journals Family therapy journals Psychotherapy journals