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Family Therapists, Community, and Civic Renewal
Author(s) -
Doherty William J.,
Beaton John M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2000.39201.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , join (topology) , public relations , psychology , sociology , psychotherapist , political science , mathematics , combinatorics
In this article, we review family therapy's history regarding community concerns and broader societal issues; offer a model of levels of therapists' involvement with communities and community systems; and propose that family therapists join the citizen activation movement by becoming catalytic partners with families in communities. We call for a new kind of community practice that is driven less by therapist‐defined problems and professional expertise, and more by community‐defined problems and families' own expertise.