title: Clinical practice patterns of Canadian couple/marital/family therapists.
abstract: This clinical practice pattern survey had two unique aspects. It was a national survey of American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) members in Canada that included all AAMFT membership categories, including student, affiliate, associate, clinical, and supervisor. It compared practice pattern data for clinical members from Canada and the United States. The results also showed that students, affiliates, and associates are very interested in identifying who they are as C/MFTs and that they are receiving various types of training. Clinical members in both Canada and the United States are fairly similar in terms of demographics and therapy practice, except when it comes to the models they identify as most influential. Future client satisfaction and outcome research is needed to determine how clients are specifically benefiting from therapy.
authors.affiliation: Couple and Family Therapy Program, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1. beaton@uoguelph.ca
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beaton
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dienhart
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D019546:Couples Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult