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Key Professional Issues in Family Therapy Education

Douglas Sprenkle

This project is investigating the following areas that have been underdeveloped in the literature:

  • Professional publication in marriage and family therapy (MFT): Who is writing for the archival MFT journal and what are they writing about?
  • Common factors in MFT outcome. What accounts for change in therapy independent of the specific techniques used by the proponents of the various "models" of MFT and how this knowledge of common factors should impact training in MFT?
  • The meaning of money in relationships and the extent to which therapists are trained to deal with these issues.
  • Cost effectiveness of MFT. How is it determined and how can marriage and family therapists build cost effectiveness measures into their research?
  • How can family therapy education be expanded to include family business consultation?

Funding: Hatch grant, Purdue University

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