Archive features Marriage & Family Therapy founding father | ULM Forum 2-17-12
Marriage and Family Therapy is a fairly young field of study, developing only in the last 40 years. The University of Louisiana at Monroe is the home to an extensive collection of research from Don D. Jackson, one of the field’s founding fathers.
The Don D. Jackson Archive has gained international attention recently after they were featured in the Milton H. Erickson Foundation newsletter, reaching about 20,000 subscribers.
The article, titled "Don D. Jackson Archives: A Treasure Trove for MFT Scholars and Researchers" was originally submitted to the foundation
newsletter in October 2011 by its authors, Keli Jacobi, writer and ULM master's student in history, and Dr. Wendel Ray, a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute and professor of Family System Theory in the ULM MFT program.
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Ray is the curator of the Archive. His knowledge of the contributions of Jackson and other seminal members of the MFT field, along with frequent trips around the world presenting research about Family System Theory, has provided excellent material for the many students he has taught through the years, not to mention experts worldwide who seek out the invaluable historical documents housed at the archives.
"Now more than ever before with the complexity of problems facing us and the break neck speed of life of this present moment in time, the systemic theory articulated by Don Jackson, M.D., and his colleagues about how everyone and everything is connected in comprehensible ways, and the time proven methods of problem resolution (Couple and Family Therapy and Brief Therapy) that emerged from this way of thinking are of vital relevance," Ray said.
"Students, researchers and scholars who study materials in the Jackson Archive find hope and confidence they can make a difference. I am delighted to see growing interest from around the globe in System thinking and the Don D. Jackson Archive."
The article featuring Dr. Wendel Ray and the Don D. Jackson Archives is available as a downloadable PDF.
Air Date:
Fri, 02/17/2012