CAHSS Faculty Articles
Title
Evaluating therapists’ practices in a postmodern world: A discussion and a scheme
Department
Department of Family Therapy
Publication Date
3-1-1996
Publication Title
Family Process
Volume
35
Issue
1
First Page
43
Last Page
56
Abstract
The social constructionist ideas currently reshaping the practice of family therapy are also relevant for supervision. However, if, as postmodernists assert, there is no privileged, expert position, how can supervisors evaluate their trainees? This question — a most pertinent one for university-based supervision, where evaluation is necessary and constant — is addressed both theoretically and pragmatically in this article. Ethical issues are explored, and an evaluation form, developed by the authors for use in a family therapy doctoral program, is presented and discussed.
DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.1996.00043.x
NSUWorks Citation
Flemons, Douglas G.; Green, Shelley K.; and Rambo, Anne H., "Evaluating therapists’ practices in a postmodern world: A discussion and a scheme" (1996). CAHSS Faculty Articles. 10.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_facarticles/10
Comments
We wish to thank our departmental colleagues — Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Sharon Boesl, Chris Burnett, Ron Chenail, Pat Cole, Lee Shilts, and Margo Weiss — and our practicum students for their contributions to our understanding, our method of evaluation, and the development of this manuscript. We are grateful, as well, to Suzanne Ferriss, who provided specific and insightful comments and criticisms. The anonymous reviewers were also most helpful.