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Integrative Systemic Therapy: Lessons on Collaboration and Training for the 21st Century
Author(s) -
Hardy Nathan R.,
Brosi Matthew W.,
Gallus Kami L.
Publication year - 2019
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.12332
Subject(s) - systemic therapy , training (meteorology) , psychotherapist , psychology , medicine , geography , cancer , breast cancer , meteorology
The field of couple, marital, and family therapy ( CMFT ) is at an important juncture of identity development and synthesis. Integrative Systemic Therapy ( IST ) is a problem‐centered metaframeworks approach that meets the growing needs of family therapists working with diverse and complex family systems and restores the field to its original focus on collaboration. This paper describes the process by which IST developed featuring anecdotes from live interviews with the founders. We briefly outline IST 's theoretical pillars and the essential way IST practitioners deliver treatment including a blueprint for therapy. Finally, we propose that IST is a comprehensive, systemic guide uniquely beneficial to CMFT training and discuss our approach to integrating IST into our training of students in a COAMFTE accredited program.