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Wampler, Karen S. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2010
In this overview, I comment on the strong theme of the need to define and improve the quality of doctoral education in marriage and family therapy that pervades the three essays. Deficits in research training are the central concern, although the essayists take different perspectives on the nature of the research training needed. The different…
Descriptors: Professional Training, Doctoral Programs, Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling
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Crane, D. Russell; Wampler, Karen S.; Sprenkle, Douglas H.; Sandberg, Jonathan G.; Hovestadt, Alan J. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2002
We discuss the status of the scientist-practitioner model in marriage and family therapy (MFT) doctoral programs. Issues discussed include a lack of faculty research role models in doctoral programs, "farming out" the majority of research courses to other disciplines, problems with curriculum, and how the culture of MFT does not support research.…
Descriptors: Role Models, Doctoral Programs, Marriage, Family Counseling