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Promoting Health and Well-Being of Students in a Marriage and Family Therapy Program: A Study of the Development and Utilization of Therapy Services for Future Therapists

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A model program for providing therapy services for graduate marriage and family therapy students is presented. The utilization of therapy services by MFT students in the COAMFTE-approved Masters in Family Therapy Program of the Mercer University School of Medicine was evaluated. A survey assessing utilization of therapy services was administered. The survey evaluated student therapy utilization as correlated with multiple demographic variables. Descriptive data of the survey results are presented. Statistical treatment of the data indicated one significant correlation—the utilization of therapy services by MFT students increased significantly with the amount of time spent in the program, especially increasing at or around the time that clinical practicum experiences were begun. Recommendations for providing therapy services for graduate MFT students and for further studies on this issue are made.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, 655 First Street, Macon, GA, 31201, USA

    Melton Strozier (Associate Professor and Director of Medically-Related Family Education)

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Mercer University School of Medicine, 655 First Street, Macon, GA, 31201, USA

    Lee Bowen (Assistant Professor and Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program)

  3. Family Practice Residency Program and Director/Coordinator of Research Education and Evaluation, Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, GA, USA

    Robert Vogel (Professor)

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Strozier, M., Bowen, L. & Vogel, R. Promoting Health and Well-Being of Students in a Marriage and Family Therapy Program: A Study of the Development and Utilization of Therapy Services for Future Therapists. Contemporary Family Therapy 25, 153–164 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023616016178

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