This video tackles the question of male participation in family life by bringing to life a series of counseling sessions with a couple in conflict.

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This video is in the groundbreaking video series in which Betty Carter--an internationally renowned therapist, teacher, and author--shows therapists how to address gender, money, and power in clinical work with couples in crisis. The other two videos in the series are Clinical Dilemmas in Marriage: The Search for Equal Partnership and Addressing Economic Inequalities in Marriage: A New Therapeutic Approach. Immensely useful and skillfully presented resources, the programs draw upon the clinical expertise of Carter and producer Steve Lerner, practicing family therapist and founding director of Menninger Video Productions.

Who's In the Kitchen tackles the question of male participation in family life by bringing to life a series of counseling sessions with a couple in conflict. The couple, Neal and Kathy, have recently moved in with Neal's newly widowed mother. Conflicts quickly arise between Kathy and her mother-in-law, to which Neal responds by either withdrawing entirely or "siding" with his mother. The result: a strained marriage and a tense, unhappy household.

Throughout the lively and often moving counseling sessions, Carter demonstrates strategies for enhancing mutual understanding within the couple and between Kathy and her mother-in-law, and helping Neal assume a more responsible position in his relationships with his mother and wife.

"Capture[s] key therapeutic concerns and present[s] Carter's major interventions....The editing...is concise and captures significant points in therapy. The pr oduction quality...is also superior....I highly recommend [the tape] not only to family therapy educators, but also to individuals teaching marriage and family courses. The family situations presented in the cases are timely and could generate in-depth discussion on many different levels."
-Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

25 min VHS Video

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