TY - JOUR AU1 - Hardy, Kenneth V. AB - Syracuse University This is a very timely article in that it appears during an era when we, as a professional community, seem to be struggling with our own version of a crisis in meaning. As a profession, we are inundated with a host of self-reflective questions regarding our future, mission, and purpose. Some of our reflections are probably attributable to the “normal” developmental milestones that a young profession ordinarily encounters. However, we also seem to be embroiled in a number of other questions that appear to be indicative of some broader professional existential crisis. Questions that I both hear and often ask are: What do we do next? What do we stand for? Will the once radical profession continue to go mainstream? Have we exhausted the frontier? Is managed care . . . or are pharmaceutical companies . . . ,or is our society’s new-found fixation and fascination with punishment . . . the new frontier? Is there simply, and realistically, no more temtory to explore? Can we, as a group of professionals dedicated to “helping specific couples and families enjoy better relationships” (Johnson, this issue, p. 4), be satisfied with limiting the scope of this worthy goal TI - HEALING THE WORLD IN FIFTY‐MINUTE INTERVALS: A RESPONSE TO “FAMILY THERAPY SAVES THE PLANET” JF - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy DO - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2001.tb01135.x DA - 2001-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/healing-the-world-in-fifty-minute-intervals-a-response-to-family-S9F8YIsd1A SP - 19 VL - 27 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -