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INCORPORATING SEXUAL ORIENTATION INTO MFT TRAINING PROGRAMS: INFUSION AND INCLUSION
Author(s) -
Long Janie K.,
Serovich Julianne M.
Publication year - 2003
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.1752-0606.2003.tb00383.x
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , sexual orientation , orientation (vector space) , psychology , training (meteorology) , medical education , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , geometry , mathematics , physics , meteorology
Many authors have questioned the preparedness of family therapists to deal with sexual minority clients. Even though the Commission on Accrediation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) has called for the integration of sexual orientation into the curriculum of marriage and family therapy training programs, the subject continues to be marginalized. The purpose of this article is to encourage trainers to examine their programs' curricula for evidence of heterosexist bias and introduce ways that they might integrate issues related to same‐sex affectional and sexual orientations into their programs via the classroom and the clinic.