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Competences and occupational standards for systemic family and couples therapy
Author(s) -
Stratton Peter,
Reibstein Janet,
Lask Judith,
Singh Reenee,
Asen Eia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2011.00544.x
Subject(s) - systemic therapy , relevance (law) , family therapy , occupational therapy , government (linguistics) , value (mathematics) , clinical practice , psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , nursing , political science , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , cancer , machine learning , breast cancer , computer science , law
This article reports on the recent government initiative of 2007–2010 to delineate, for the major forms of psychological therapy, expected professional standards of practice and conduct in workplaces (the national occupational standards) and to specify expected levels of competent practice (the competences). The article focuses on the processes and outcomes of this initiative for systemic therapy and its clinical and political relevance. The rationale, research and consultation processes by which these formulations were achieved are described and the outcomes of the work are reported. We also discuss their wider implications, including the various ways in which these achievements might be used and their potential value for the field of systemic family and couples therapy.