The Weave of Gender and Culture in the Tapestry of a Family Therapy Training Program

Abstract

Summary Family therapy training programs are being challenged to ensure that future generations of family therapists are proficient in addressing gender, culture, and social justice issues in their practice of therapy. To address this challenge, MFT program faculty must fully integrate the organizing principles of gender and culture throughout every aspect of the curricula. This article describes specific ways that the faculty members in a marriage and family therapy training program weave gender and culture throughout the tapestry of a training program. It provides specific, concrete, and transferable strategies, activities, ideas, and resources for integrating gender and culture in family therapy courses, supervision, research, service, and clinical environments.