A new article addresses ongoing conversations about bridging the gap between practice and research within the field of family therapy.
A new article addresses ongoing conversations about bridging the gap between practice and research within the field of family therapy.
The authors advocate for what they call Practice Based Evidence Based practice, which implies that no therapy is delivered without measuring its effects on patients and no research is done outside the practice itself.
With this strategy, a family therapist is both practitioner and researcher and involves clients as co-researchers. Therapist and clients examine the effects of their collaboration. The output of research is input for therapy in this ‘collaborative learning community’.
The findings are published in the Journal of Family Therapy.
Additional Information
Link to Study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-6427.12159/full
About Journal
The Journal of Family Therapy is published on behalf of the UK Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice. It advances the understanding and treatment of human relationships constituted in systems such as couples, families, professional networks, and wider groups, by publishing articles on theory, research, clinical practice and training. The high-profile editorial board includes leading academics and professionals from around the world in keeping with the high standard of international contributions which make it one of the most widely read family therapy journals. The editors welcome contributions representing all schools of thought within family therapy, especially those from established authors and new contributors within Europe.
Penny Smith
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