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Assessing Competencies in Couples and Family Therapy/Counseling: A Call to the Profession
Author(s) -
Perosa Linda M.,
Perosa Sandra L.
Publication year - 2010
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.1752-0606.2010.00194.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , psychology , counselor education , medical education , applied psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , higher education , political science , law
Psychometrically sound measures of family therapy competencies are necessary to assess the effectiveness of training on student performance. This article critiques the self‐report and observer rating measures developed to date to assess the clinical skills of trainees in the individual and in the family therapy fields. Suggestions are made to foster future instrument development specifically designed for the field of couples and family therapy/counseling.