The ''Journal of Marital and Family Therapy'' is a quarterly

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published by

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on behalf of the

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is a professional association in the field of marriage and family therapy representing more than 50,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada, and abroad ...

. The journal was established in 1975. The current

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is Steve Harris (

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

). The journal covers research, theory, clinical practice, and training in

marital therapy Couples therapy (also couples' counseling, marriage counseling, or marriage therapy) attempts to improve romantic relationships and resolve interpersonal conflicts. History Marriage counseling originated in Germany in the 1920s as part of the eu ...

and

family therapy Family therapy (also referred to as family counseling, family systems therapy, marriage and family therapy, couple and family therapy) is a branch of psychology and clinical social work that works with families and couples in intimate relationsh ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.379, ranking it 21 out of 47 journals in the category "Family Studies".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Wiley-Blackwell academic journals English-language journals Publications established in 1975 Quarterly journals Psychotherapy journals Family therapy journals