Community, Family, and Addiction Sciences

Center for Family Systems Research & Intervention

Mission Statement

The Center for Family Systems Research and Intervention (CFSRI) strives to produce cutting-edge neuroscience and systemic research, for advancing clinical interventions and standards of care designed to facilitate life-changing outcomes for individuals, couples, and families.

Through research, intervention, education, and outreach, it is our mission to alleviate the bio-psycho-social-spiritual impact of mental illness, interpersonal and family distress, trauma, and loss in order to enhance the human condition worldwide.

Directors: Nicole Piland, Ph.D. & Stephen Fife, Ph.D.

• Clinical Couple and Family Data Supporting Theses, Dissertations, and Peer-Reviewed Research
• Neuroimaging and Violence Research
• Community Resource for Affordable Clinical Services
• Clinical Support for Collegiate Recovery Communities
• Training Licensed Clinicians with Focus on Addiction and Recovery
• Family Therapy Symposium for Continuing Education
• Community Contracts, Funding, and Outreach
• Medical Family Therapy

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ramisch, J. & Piland, N. (2020). Systemic Approaches for Children, Adolescents, and Families Living with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (pp. 369-396). In (Karen S Wampler & Lenore M. McWey), The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy, Vol 2.

Piland Springer, N. & Lauderdale, M. (2019). Caregiver and Professional Perspectives: From Financial Planning Obstacles to Optimizing the Future. In. B Turns, J. Ramisch, & J. Whiting. (Eds.), Systemically treating autism: A clinician's guide for empowering families (pp. 188-193). New York, NY: Routlege/Taylor & Francis.

Turns, B., Smock-Jordan, S., Callahan, K., Whiting, J., & Piland Springer, N. (2019). Assessing the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy for couples raising a child with autism: A pilot clinical outcome study. Journal of Couple and Relationship
Therapy.DOI: 10.1080/15332691.2019.1571975

Cless, J., Bodine, E., Cless, A., Farkas, L., Schmelzle, A., Nelson Goff, B. S., & Springer, N. P. (2018). Reflecting on the journey: Advice to parents from parents. In B. S. Nelson Goff & N. Piland Springer (Eds.), Intellectual and developmental disabilities: A roadmap for families and professionals (pp. 46-58). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Springer, N. P., Turns, B., & Masterson, M. (2018). A systemic and contextual lens of disability: Family Stress, Ambiguous Loss, and Meaning Making. In B. Nelson Goff & N. Piland Springer (Eds.), Intellectual and developmental disabilities: A roadmap for families and professionals (pp. 17-31). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Lauderdale, M., Walther, M. C., & Springer, N. P. (2018), Special needs financial planning: Optimizing resources. In B. S. Nelson Goff & N. Piland Springer (Eds.), Intellectual and developmental disabilities: A roadmap for families and professionals (pp. 173-187). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Nelson-Goff, B. & Piland Springer, N. (2018). Intellectual and developmental disabilities: A roadmap for families and professionals. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Contact: nicole.piland@ttu.edu or stephen.fife@ttu.edu