Published Articles
One of the ways that I keep my practice on the cutting edge is to write about therapeutic issues.
Many of these articles are based on research projects that taught me how to better serve you, my clientele.
The following is a list of articles and book chapters that I have written that focus on helping couples function better:
Many of these articles are based on research projects that taught me how to better serve you, my clientele.
The following is a list of articles and book chapters that I have written that focus on helping couples function better:
Divorce and Remarriage
- Brimhall, A. S. (2019). Therapy with remarried and blended families. In K. Wampler, R. Miller, A. Blow, & L. McWey (Eds.), The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing. (Invited by national experts in marriage and family therapy to write the chapter on divorce, remarriage, and stepfamilies).
- Mirecki, R. M., Brimhall, A. S., & Elliot, M. (2017). Attachment and relationship satisfaction among first married, remarried, and post-divorce relationships. Journal of Family Therapy. doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12161
- Diamond, R. M., Brimhall, A. S., & Bramesfeld, K. D. (2017). Got Trust? A Mixed-Method Consideration of How Past Relationships Influence Perceptions of Trust. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 58(1), 64-81.
- Engblom-Deglmann, M. E., & Brimhall, A. S. (2016). Not even cold in her grave: How post-bereavement remarried couples perceive family acceptance. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 57 (3), 224-244. doi:10.1080/10502556.2016.1150189
- Mirecki, R. M., Brimhall, A. S., & Bramesfeld, K. D. (2013). Communication during conflict: Differences between individuals in a first and second marriage. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 54 (3), 197-213. DOI: 10.1080/10502556.2013.773798
- Brimhall, A. S. (2012). Attachment to a former spouse. In R. E. Emery & J. G. Golson (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of Divorce. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Brimhall, A.S. & Engblom-Deglmann, M. L. (2011). Starting over: A tentative theory exploring the effects of past relationships on postbereavement remarried couples. Family Process, 50, 47-62.
- Kimball, T. G., Wieling, E., & Brimhall, A. S. (2009). A sense of sisterhood: A case study of a flexibly structured, long-term therapy group for divorced women. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 21 (4), 225-246.
- Brimhall, A. S., Wampler, K. S. & Kimball, T. G. (2008). Learning from the past, altering the future: The effects of past relationships on couples who remarry. Family Process, 47, 373-388.
Couple and Family Interactions
- Heiden-Rootes, K. M., Brimhall, A. S., Jankowski, P. J., & Reddick, G. T. (2017). Differentiation of Self and Clinicians’ Perceptions of Client Sexual Behavior as “Problematic”. Contemporary Family Therapy. doi: 10.1007/s10591-017-9412-3.
- Reddick, G. T., Heiden‐Rootes, K. M., & Brimhall, A. S. (2017). Therapists’ assessments in treating “Sex Addiction” and their relationship to clients’ gender, relationship status, and exclusivity status. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 43(3), 537-553, doi: 10.1111/jmft.12210.
- Brimhall, A. S., Miller, B. J., Maxwell, K. A., & Alotaiby, A. M. (2017). Does it help or hinder? Technology and its role in healing post affair. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 16(1), 42-60. doi: 10.1080/15332691.2016.1142408.
- Schneider, C. & Brimhall, A. S. (2013). From scared to repaired: Using an attachment based perspective to understand situational couple violence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Early View (May 7, 2013). DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12023
- Brimhall, A. S. (2012). Grief and grieving. In R. E. Emery & J. G. Golson (Eds.), Cultural Sociology of Divorce. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Brimhall, A. S., & Butler, M. H. (2011). A primer on the evolution of therapeutic engagement in MFT: Understanding and resolving the dialectic tension of alliance and neutrality. Part 1—Retrospective: The evolution of neutrality. American Journal of Family Therapy. 39 (1), 28-47. DOI: 10.1080/01926187.2010.532682
- Butler, M. H., & Brimhall, A. S. (2011). A primer on the evolution of therapeutic engagement in MFT: Understanding and resolving the dialectic tension of alliance and neutrality. Part 2—Recommendations: Dynamic neutrality through multipartiality and enactments. American Journal of Family Therapy, 39 (3), 193-213. DOI: 10.1080/01926187.2010.493112
- Brimhall, A. S., & Butler, M. H. (2007). Intrinsic vs. extrinsic religious motivation and the marital relationship. American Journal of Family Therapy, 35, 235-249.
- Gardner, B. C., Busby, D. M., & Brimhall, A. S. (2007). Putting emotional reactivity in its place? Exploring family-of-origin influences on emotional reactivity, conflict, and satisfaction in premarital couples. Contemporary Family Therapy: An international Journal, 29, 113-127.
- Brimhall, A. S., & Gardner, B. C. (2005). Altering the abyss: Externalizing negative interaction cycles. In K. M. Hertlein & D Viers (Eds.), The couple and family therapist’s notebook: Homework, handouts, and activities for use in psychotherapy. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
- Brimhall, A. S., Gardner, B. C., & Henline, B. H. (2003). Enhancing narrative therapy process with an enactment scaffolding. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 25, 391-414
Book Chapters
- Brimhall, A. S., & Driskill, P. G. (2005). The licensing practitioner: Building your practice one tenant at a time. In S. M. Harris, D. C. Ivey, & R. A. Bean (Eds.), A Practice that Works: Alternatives and Supplemental Strategies to Your Stand Alone Therapy Practice. NY: Taylor & Francis.
- Larson, J. H, & Brimhall, A. S. (2005). Marital tune-ups: Improving your clinic’s performance. In S. M. Harris, D. C. Ivey, & R. A. Bean (Eds.), A Practice that Works: Alternatives and Supplemental Strategies to Your Stand Alone Therapy Practice. NY: Taylor & Francis.
