The author describes and compares training programs for family
therapists at 15 centers in 9 major U.S. cities, using a scale that
reflects the spectrum of theoretical approaches to family therapy. At one
end of the spectrum are the centers with an experiential orientation, at
the other end are those with a structural orientation, and in the middle
are those which combine these orientations. He concludes that although
creative theoretical advances are being made at a few of these centers, the
quality and design of training at the remaining centers suffer from the
absence of an adequate diagnostic nomenclature for family therapy and from
an insufficiently designed conceptual framework.Abstract Teaser