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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Professional Regulation in Marital and Family Therapy: An Overview | |
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The Why of Professional Regulation | |
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Major Forms of Professional Regulation | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Defining Marital and Family Therapy: The Foundation for Defining Competence | |
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Approaches to Conceptualizing Family Therapy | |
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General Definitions | |
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Definitional Evolution | |
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A Different Definitional Orientation: Legal Approaches | |
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Continuing Definitional Evolution | |
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Definitional Influences: Recurring Concerns about Assessment and Diagnosis | |
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Sanction: A Different (and Slightly Higher) Definitional Hurdle | |
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"Two Things You Don't Want to See Made Are Sausage and the Law" | |
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A Sampling of Other Definitions and Scopes of Practice | |
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Explicit Limitations on Scopes of Practice | |
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Operational Definitions | |
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The Practice-Pattern Approach | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Defining Minimal Competence through Basic Credentialing Requirements | |
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Pathways to Credentialing | |
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Evaluative Criteria | |
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Competency-Based Assessment and Globalization | |
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Maintaining Professional Credentials | |
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Other Benchmark Standards | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Assessing Professional Competence: Marital and Family Therapy Examination Programs | |
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Types of Professional Examinations | |
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Written Examinations | |
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Pass-Points: The Least One Needs to Know | |
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Oral Examinations | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Disciplinary Procedures in Marital and Family Therapy | |
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The Philosophical and Legal Grounds for Malpractice | |
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Professional Misconduct in the Marital and Family Therapy Field | |
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Methods of Redress | |
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Generic Elements of the Grievance Process | |
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Specific Models of the Grievance Process | |
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The Disciplinary Continuum | |
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Clinical and Training Implications | |
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Unanswered Questions | |
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Guidelines for the Prudent Practitioner | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Challenges in Professional Regulation | |
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Principles for Marital and Family Therapy Regulation | |
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Comprehensiveness | |
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Resources | |
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Integration | |
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Consistency | |
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Credentials | |
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Demonstrated Competency | |
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Explicit Sanction | |
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Clinical Reference Points | |
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Disciplinary Responsiveness | |
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Freedom of Choice | |
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Summary | |
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Notes | |
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Principal Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Associations and Regulatory Groups | |
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Selected Elements of Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure and Certification Laws: An Introduction | |
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References | |
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Index | |