Advocacy is an essential element to mental health practitioners’ professional identity. Some scholars contend that many couple and family therapists lack the skill set needed to effectively advocate. However, these researchers often discuss advocacy solely on the macrolevel, which makes advocacy appear unidimensional and may feel out of reach for many practitioners. In this article, we argue that advocacy is not unidimensional, but consists of two levels: macro- and microlevel advocacy. Microlevel advocacy is client-centered and is effectively performed by couple and family therapists on a regular basis. By broadening the definition of advocacy to include the microlevel, we argue that advocacy is a common process of couple and family therapy that cuts across therapy models and is interwoven into the very being of a couple and family therapist. We present in this article a comprehensive case vignette to illustrate how microlevel advocacy may be performed by CFTs. Clinical and training implications are offered to help clinicians begin to bridge the gap between micro- and macrolevel advocacies.

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微观倡导：夫妻和家庭治疗中的一个共同过程

宣传是精神卫生从业人员职业身份的基本要素。一些学者认为，许多夫妻和家庭治疗师缺乏有效倡导所需的技能。然而，这些研究人员往往只在宏观层面上讨论倡导，这使得倡导看起来是单维的，可能对许多从业者来说是遥不可及的。在本文中，我们认为倡导不是一维的，而是由两个层面组成：宏观和微观层面的倡导。微观倡导以客户为中心，由夫妻和家庭治疗师定期有效地进行。通过扩大宣传的定义，包括微观，我们认为，倡导的是整个治疗模式的削减，并交织成非常夫妻和家庭治疗的一般过程是夫妇和家庭治疗师的画像。我们在本文中展示了一个全面的案例小插曲，以说明 CFT 如何进行微观层面的宣传。提供临床和培训意义以帮助临床医生开始弥合微观和宏观倡导之间的差距。