ABSTRACT

M. T. Joiner is eager to see the first clients of his budding family therapy career. He diligently prepared for this milestone in his training program by reading all of the in-vogue books on relationships: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, The Rules, and How to Satisfy a Woman, among others. Just in case a parenting issue came up in a session, he read James Dobson’s Dare to Discipline.