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Competency, common ground, and challenges: response to the development of systemic therapy competencies for the UK
Author(s) -
Northey, Jr William F.
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.1467-6427.2011.00546.x
Subject(s) - systemic therapy , task force , government (linguistics) , political science , policy development , medicine , process (computing) , family therapy , common ground , public relations , psychology , public administration , psychotherapist , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , cancer , breast cancer , computer science , operating system
The recent initiative by the government to delineate the competencies for the delivery of systemic therapies is groundbreaking and represents a fundamental shift with clinical and political implications. In this article the author compares the process and outcomes utilised in the UK with those embarked on in the USA in 2003, culminating in the creation of the marriage and family therapy core competencies by a task force sponsored by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. The development of competencies is just the first step in a development process requiring significant modifications in all of the systems that contribute to the development and delivery of behavioural health services, including clinicians, supervisors, training programmes, regulators and policy‐makers. An elucidation of the challenges faced in the USA is provided as a potential guide to the UK effort.