Abstract

Research is limited regarding the training marriage and family therapists (MFTs) receive in the area of financial problems couples and families experience. We surveyed 293 professional MFTs to gain information about their financial training, level of comfort addressing financial topics with clients, and level of confidence to successfully address financial concerns of clients. Results indicated the majority (61%) of therapists did not receive any financial training but reported feeling comfortable (46.1%) or very comfortable (22.2%) addressing financial issues, and somewhat confident (56.7%) or very confident (23.2%) they could successfully address client financial issues. Therapists who received some type of financial training were more confident and comfortable addressing client concerns than those who did not receive any training. Implications for the field of marriage and family therapy are discussed.

摘要

关于婚姻和家庭治疗师（MFT）在夫妻和家庭经历的经济问题方面接受的培训的研究是有限的。我们对293名专业MFT进行了调查，以获取有关其财务培训，与客户处理财务主题的舒适程度以及成功解决客户财务问题的信心水平的信息。结果表明，大多数（61％）的治疗师没有接受过任何财务方面的培训，但报告说对财务问题感到自在（46.1％）或非常自在（22.2％），并且他们对自己有一定的信心（56.7％）或非常自信（23.2％）可以成功解决客户的财务问题。接受过某种财务培训的治疗师比未接受任何培训的治疗师更自信，更轻松地解决客户的疑虑。