title: Social class in family therapy education: experiences of low SES students.
abstract: In this article, we report the results of a national survey of students in COAMFTE-accredited family therapy programs who self-identify as coming from lower- or working-class backgrounds. Results of the study reveal opportunity and tension relative to family, friends, and community because of social mobility associated with graduate education. Participants describe family therapy education as middle-class centered, pointing to lack of attention to social class, marginalization, classism, and unacknowledged class barriers as salient experiences in their graduate programs. Finally, participants share a number of suggestions for program improvement.
authors: Lewis & Clark College.
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: McDowell
authors: Andrae' L
authors: AL
authors: Brown
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Cullen
authors: April
authors: A
authors: Duyn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*; D012923:Social Class; D012937:Social Mobility; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*