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Blow, Adrian John

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Adrian John Blow Ph.D. (b. 1965)

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Adrian Blow, Ph.D., has made significant contributions to the field of Couple and Family Therapy (CFT) and is known for his work on common factors across CFT theories, resiliency processes in military families, and infidelity in committed relationships.

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Adrian Blow received his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University in 1999. He spent 6 years (1999–2005) as a faculty member at Saint Louis University in the department of Counseling and Family Therapy, where he also served as department chair. In 2005, he joined the faculty at Michigan State University in the Human Development and Family Studies department where he is currently a full professor. He has served as the program director for the Couple and Family Therapy program since 2011 and was associate chair of the department from 2015 to 2018. He has been involved in several large federally funded grants related to military deployment for over a decade. Blow’s...

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  • Blow, A. J., & Hartnett, K. (2005a). Infidelity in committed relationships II: A substantive review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 31, 217–234.

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  • Blow, A. J., & Hartnett, K. (2005b). Infidelity in committed relationships I: A methodological review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 31, 183–216.

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  • Blow, A. J., Sprenkle, D. H., & Davis, S. D. (2007). Is who delivers the treatment more important than the treatment itself? The role of the therapist in common factors. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 33, 298–317.

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  • Gorman, L., Blow, A. J., Ames, B., & Reed, P. (2011). National Guard families after combat: Mental health, use of mental health services, and perceived treatment barriers. Psychiatric Services, 62, 28–34.

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  • Sprenkle, D., & Blow, A. J. (2004). Common factors and our sacred models. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 30, 113–129.

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Welch, T. (2019). Blow, Adrian John. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_1111

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