* Uniquely applies and provides an introduction of the Results-Based Accountability (RBA) framework to family therapy used in government services.
* Expands the existing evidence-based literature and presents an alternative, liberating the family therapy community from the constraints of the rigid EBM gatekeepers.
* Author co-authored one of the foundational texts in the field, Family Therapy Techniques, which Salvador Minuchin.
* Includes practical appendices and ‘tracking tools’ to empower clinicians to track their data, choose treatment models that obtain best outcomes, and become a ‘local clinician scientist’.
* Introduces a new role in family therapy, the Community Resource Specialist (CRS), who works to help the family resolve stressful social problems that families often endure.
* Demonstrates how RBA can be applied to specific situations, such as to those with eating disorders.