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The Field of Marital and Family Therapy
Author(s) -
EVERETT CRAIG A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1990.tb01397.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , credentialing , accreditation , commission , marital therapy , mental health , professional association , field (mathematics) , state (computer science) , psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , medical education , political science , public relations , law , mathematics , algorithm , computer science , pure mathematics
This article defines the emergence of marital and family therapy as a distinct clinical discipline and an area of clinical practice. Significant historical developments that shaped the field and the integrative aspects of family systems theory are described. The role of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy in professional credentialing and state and federal advocacy is reviewed, along with the contributions of the Commission on Accreditation for Marital and Family Therapy Education. These areas of development set the stage for recommendations for further interdisciplinary collaboration among the mental health disciplines.