Finding Your Voice as a Beginning Marriage and Family Therapist

This book provides support to early career marriage and family therapists who are seeking to contribute meaningfully to the field in a culturally sensitive way. In Part I, the authors write about their and their supervisees' experiences as beginning marraige and family therapists, explaining how their social location shaped their professional development. Part II includes literature reviews and concrete examples of both difficult and fulfilling training experiences. Part III includes chapters on how to develop the Self-of-the-Trainee, how to communicate around challenging topics, how to establish a foundation for a meaningful career as a therapist, and how to avoid burnout--