ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the issue of professional responsibility of couples and family therapists with regard to the war in the Persian Gulf. In late 1990 and the first quarter of 1991, we witnesses our nation’s involvement in a major war ranging from the January 15, 1991, deadline to the decision to commit troops to the air campaign and finally the ground campaign that ultimately led to the “victory.” In a world of contact through the news and over the telephone, we are exposed daily to an expanded circle of influence and given small vignettes of life around the globe. The threat of death and loss created anxiety for countless children as well as adults who had fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, uncles, aunts, grandfathers, as well as spouses stationed in the war zone. We share the pain and anguish of other human beings as they live in constant fear and mourn relatives who have died in war.
