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Medical Family Therapists in Action: Embracing Multiple Roles
Author(s) -
Falke Stephanie I.,
D'ArrigoPatrick Elizabeth
Publication year - 2015
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/jmft.12104
Subject(s) - trainer , family therapy , action (physics) , health care , call to action , psychology , nursing , medicine , psychotherapist , medical education , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , marketing , computer science , law , business , programming language
Medical family therapy (Med FT ) is a growing area of interest within the field of marriage and family therapy. Its practice necessitates a shift from conventional family therapy practices to include diverse ways of providing care. Literature highlights approaches for patients with specific illnesses and for particular healthcare contexts. Less is understood about frameworks for treating patients with different illnesses across settings. Contributing to the growing discourse surrounding Med FT , we present a role‐based practice framework that identifies six consistent roles, Therapist , Brief Interventionist , Health Coach , Patient Advocate , Consultant to Health Professionals , and Trainer specific tasks associated with each. We describe the skills needed to perform each role and describe how we move fluidly between roles to provide comprehensive care.