Exclusion of children from family psychotherapy: Family therapists' beliefs and practices.

Surveyed 173 family therapists on beliefs and practices regarding the decision to exclude children from family psychotherapy (FPT). The tendency to exclude children from FPT was directly related to amount of coursework and supervision and perceived adequacy of training. 48 of 125 Ss who had received training with children reported that more than 25% of their practice involved children. Only 5 of 40 Ss who had not received such training reported this to be true. Similar results were found for adequacy of training. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)