Family therapists, community, and civic renewal.
In this article, we review family therapy's history regarding community concerns and broader societal issues; offer a model of levels of therapists' involvement with communities and community systems; and propose that family therapists join the citizen activation movement by becoming catalytic partners with families in communities. We call for a new kind of community practice that is driven less by therapist-defined problems and professional expertise, and more by community-defined problems and families' own expertise.
Doherty
W J
WJ
Family Social Science Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA. Bdoherty@che2.che.umn.edu
Beaton
J M
JM
D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States