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MAKING SPACE FOR RACIAL DIALOGUE: OUR EXPERIENCE IN A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY TRAININGT PROGRAM
Author(s) -
McDowell Teresa,
Fang ShiRuei,
Young Cecilia Gomez,
Khanna Anchal,
Sherman Brooke,
Brownlee Kenya
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.tb01199.x
Subject(s) - accreditation , space (punctuation) , sensitivity training , action (physics) , psychology , white (mutation) , family therapy , citizen journalism , participatory action research , medical education , psychotherapist , pedagogy , medicine , sociology , political science , philosophy , linguistics , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , quantum mechanics , law , anthropology , gene
Marriage and family therapy (MFT) training programs need to create oportunities for all students to develop cultural competency by raising their racial awareness and sensitivity. Likewise, therapists of color need to be offered space in MFT programs to voice their experiences and venues for their voices to be heard. This article reports on the efforts within a master's level, accredited MFT training program to create space, through participatory action research, for the unique experiences of therapists of color and White therapists who are deeply committed to racial sensitivity.