Bridging the Gap

Introduction

The book opens a very important debate for the family therapy field. At a time of treatment rationing and standard setting, it aptly draws our attention to an issue of increasing importance: training the highest-quality family therapists.

Guide for Trainers and Supervisors

In addition, it offers trainers and supervisors an invaluable how-to-do-it guide to tried-and-tested methods of taking trainees through a programme of personal and professional development.

Author and Contributors

Judy Hildebrand is known throughout the family therapy community who has always spoken for integrating formal aspects of therapy with personal development, and she has designed and run four courses in Britain and Europe for many years.

Personal Development and Trainee Experiences

But the picture would be incomplete without understanding the effect that the exercises have on personal development, and for this volume she is joined by Collette Richardson and Frankie Zimmerman, two colleagues and ex-trainees, who have collated the experiences of a range of trainees from several courses and are able to complement Hildebrand’s ideas with the voice of the trainee.