Main description:

Finding Your Voice as a Beginning Marriage and Family Therapist provides support to early career marriage and family therapists who seek authentic and meaningful connections with themselves, their colleagues, and the clients they serve.

The book addresses a lack of resources for early career therapists during professional formation, particularly for those who have marginalized aspects of their identity. Readers will move toward celebrating their varied social contextual selves to gain a sense of empowerment, allowing themselves to fully engage in their educational, clinical, and supervisory journey. The authors offer unique insights on the literature of clinical training as well as authentic stories from early career as well as more seasoned MFTs. There are exercises for the reader and practical skills for active engagement in their own development. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter can be used for personal reflection or to frame dialogue with classmates and colleagues.

Adaptable for use in the classroom, support groups, and in group/individual supervision settings, Finding Your Voice as a Beginning Marriage and Family Therapist is an essential resource for students and beginner clinicians.

Contents:

I. Introduction

2. Our Own Stories

3. Difficult and Unfulfilling Training Experiences

4. Meaningful and Fulfilling Training Experiences

5. Students' and Supervisees' Stories

6. Preparing and Developing the Self-of-the-Trainee

7. Moving Toward Sociocultural Relational Connection

8. Establishing a Foundation for a Career of Being Known and Knowing Others

Appendix: List of Resources

Index