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EMPIRICAL VALUES AND THE CULTURE OF FAMILY THERAPY *
Author(s) -
Liddle Howard A.
Publication year - 1991
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.1752-0606.1991.tb00903.x
Subject(s) - realm , family therapy , clinical practice , nothing , scope (computer science) , ideology , scope of practice , tone (literature) , engineering ethics , psychology , empirical research , psychotherapist , politics , sociology , medicine , epistemology , political science , law , family medicine , art , health care , philosophy , literature , computer science , programming language , engineering
The research‐clinical practice connection is weak in family therapy. Some have argued, in an inordinate ideological and political tone, that traditional research methods are inappropriate for family therapy. This position mischaracterizes modern day clinical researchers and research. In presenting 10 key dimensions of the research‐clinical practice issue in family therapy, this paper addresses some of these misrepresentations. If research and practice are to interact more productively, a major commitment, the scope and implications of which have not yet been realized, will need to be made. Actualizing the research‐practice link is a training problem and a fundamental professional issue. Progress in this realm would change the particulars of clinical practice as we know it. These processes will involve nothing less than remaking the culture of family therapy.