Marriage and Family Therapists' Perspectives on Treating Overweight Clients and Their Weight-Related Behaviors

Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs), undoubtedly, will be working with clients who are overweight and are working on their weight-related behaviors (WRB). Yet, little is known about MFTs' approach with this population. Our purpose was to survey MFT students, faculty, and licensed clinicians a...

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Published inThe American journal of family therapy Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 364 - 385
Main Authors Pratt, Keeley J., Holowacz, Eugene, Walton, Nicole L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 20.10.2014
Brunner-Mazel Publishing Company
Subjects
Behavior
Belief & doubt
College Faculty
Families & family life
Family counseling
Marriage
Obesity
Students
Therapists
Training
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Summary:Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs), undoubtedly, will be working with clients who are overweight and are working on their weight-related behaviors (WRB). Yet, little is known about MFTs' approach with this population. Our purpose was to survey MFT students, faculty, and licensed clinicians about their current practices, training, beliefs, and theoretical perspectives of working with clients who are overweight and WRB. One-hundred eight participants completed an electronic mixed-method survey. Participants reported that they were not trained to work with overweight clients on WRB, but strongly believed they should be. Contextual differences, implications for training, and future research are discussed herein.
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ISSN:0192-6187
1521-0383
DOI:10.1080/01926187.2013.878170