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The Evolution Of Circular Questions: Training Family Therapists
Author(s) -
Fleuridas Colette,
Nelson Thorana S.,
Rosenthal David M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1986.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , medical education , psychology , psychotherapist , training (meteorology) , taxonomy (biology) , medicine , physics , botany , meteorology , biology
This article describes a procedure for training family therapists in the clinical application of circular questioning as developed and implemented at the Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic at the University of Iowa. A pragmatic taxonomy of circular questions is presented; instructional handouts designed to facilitate the use of these questions within the trainee's initial interviews are included.