THE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY CENTER
How we work
We are a training, research, and clinical site for the Marriage
and Family Therapy Program at the University of New Hampshire.
As part of our training procedure, our therapists operate
using a team approach. The supervisory team includes your
assigned therapist, a senior supervisor, and selected advanced
family therapy trainees. In order to help you most effectively
and efficiently, the team may observe sessions from behind
our one-way mirrors and videotape therapy sessions in order
to give feedback, support, and collaboration to you and your
therapist. The videotapes are also used by your therapist
and therapy team to review and plan therapy. Tapes are kept
under lock and key and are erased at the end of therapy. Most
clients have found this service to be a helpful and low-cost
way of solving problems.
All members of the team are required by legal and ethical
standards to maintain strict professional confidentiality.
This means that no information about you or your case will
be released without your express written permission, except
as mandated by law. Therapists are required by law to disclose
confidential information in circumstances in which a) it is
suspected that someone is in imminent physical danger, b)
child abuse or neglect is revealed or suspected, or c) the center is
served with a court subpoena.