BSFT Cited Sources

Resources

Brief strategic family therapy: A systematic approach to addressing emerging clinical challenges across 40 years of model development.

Family therapy and systemic interventions for child-focused problems: the current evidence base

Interventions Shown to be Effective with Children and Families of Color Being Served with Family First Funding

Brief Strategic Family Therapy versus Community Control

BRIEF STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY IN MARYLAND

Fostering Solutions: Bringing Brief-Therapy Principles and Practices to the Child Welfare System

Family Therapy and Other Family Intervention-Based Efforts

The effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) on parent substance use and the association between parent and adolescent substance use

Considerations for Scaling Evidence-Based Prevention Programs under the Family First Prevention Services Act

Family interventions to improve mental, emotional, and behavioral health outcomes among Latinx youth: A systematic review

Bridging the research-practice gap in adolescent substance abuse treatment: The case of brief strategic family therapy

Efficacy of Brief Strategic Family Therapy in Modifying Hispanic Adolescent Behavior Problems and Substance Use

Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Lessons Learned in Efficacy Research and Challenges to Blending Research and Practice

Engaging adolescent drug abusers and their families in treatment: A strategic structural systems approach

Brief Strategic Family Therapy: An Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Risk Behavior

Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Twenty-five years of interplay among theory, research and practice in adolescent behavior problems and drug abuse

BSFT Outcomes Cited Sources

Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition NY. (2024). New York State Foster Care Boarding Rates 2020

The Institute for Innovation & Implementation. (2014). Brief Strategic Family Therapy in Maryland: FY 2013 Implementation Report

Coatsworth, J. D., Santisteban, D. A., McBride, C. K., & Szapocznik, J. (2001). Brief Strategic Family Therapy versus Community Control: Engagement, Retention, and an Exploration of the Moderating Role of Adolescent Symptom Severity*. Family Process, 40(3), 313–332

Family Therapy Training Institute of Miami. (2024). What We Do. Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Horigian, V. E., Feaster, D. J., Brincks, A., Robbins, M. S., Perez, M. A., & Szapocznik, J. (2015). The effects of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) on parent substance use and the association between parent and adolescent substance use. Addictive Behaviors, 42, 44–50

Justice Policy Institute. (2020). Sticker Shock 2020: The Cost of Youth Incarceration

Robbins, M. S., Szapocznik, J., Horigian, V. E., Feaster, D. J., Puccinelli, M., Jacobs, P., Burlew, K., Werstlein, R., Bachrach, K., & Brigham, G. (2009). Brief strategic family therapyTM for adolescent drug abusers: A multi-site effectiveness study. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 30(3), 269–278

Santisteban, D. A., Perez-Vidal, A., Coatsworth, J. D., Kurtines, W. M., Schwartz, S. J., LaPerriere, A., & Szapocznik, J. (2003). Efficacy of Brief Strategic Family Therapy in Modifying Hispanic Adolescent Behavior Problems and Substance Use. Journal of Family Psychology : JFP : Journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43), 17(1), 121–133

Szapocznik, J., Rio, A., Murray, E., Cohen, R., Scopetta, M., Rivas-Vazquez, A., Hervis, O., Posada, V., & Kurtines, W. (1989). Structural family versus psychodynamic child therapy for problematic Hispanic boys. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57(5), 571–578

Szapocznik, J., Zarate, M., Duff, J., & Muir, J. (2013). Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Engaging Drug Using/Problem Behavior Adolescents and their Families into Treatment. Social Work in Public Health, 28(0), 206–223

ZenCare. (2022). The Cost of Therapy in 2022. The Couch: A Therapy & Mental Wellness Blog