Marriage and Family Therapy Trainees’ Experiences of Learning and Applying Common Factors in Therapy: A Qualitative Participatory Study With Thematic Analysis

Authors

Carissa Daniello-Heyda, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
J Alvarado, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
E Hulbert, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
S Izaguirre, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sean Miller, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

Volume

27

Issue

4

First page number:

276

Last page number:

287

Abstract

In recent marriage and family therapy literature, there has been increased discussion about the role of common factors in marriage and family therapy training, specifically in advocating for a more prominent role (Karam et al., 2014; Sprenkle, Lebow & Davis, 2009). This article describes a study exploring the marriage and family therapy master’s students’ experiences of learning and applying the common factors approach to their clinical practice. The sample consists of four current marriage and family therapy master’s level students in a Commission on Accreditation in Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE)-accredited training program. Qualitative data were collected and analyzed using thematic analysis. The themes that emerged from our analysis demonstrate that marriage and family therapy students found the common factors approach to positively inform their clinical training. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

Common factors; MFT training; participatory research

Language

English

Repository Citation

Daniello-Heyda, C., Alvarado, J., Hulbert, E., Izaguirre, S., Miller, S. (2016). Marriage and Family Therapy Trainees’ Experiences of Learning and Applying Common Factors in Therapy: A Qualitative Participatory Study With Thematic Analysis. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 27(4), 276-287.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2016.1235432