The Place and Relevancy of Practice with Couples in Graduate Social Work Education

Abstract

Social workers often provide services and therapy for couples; however, little literature has been published that suggests models for teaching—from a social work perspective—marriage counseling or social work with couples. This article reports the results of a survey that examined how faculty in graduate schools of social work are teaching practice content in marriage counseling and their perceptions of its relevancy to social work practice. Findings indicated that some content on social work practice with couples is evident in most master of social work programs. Moreover, faculty perceived social work practice with couples as moderately relevant to all practice settings listed in the survey.

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Jack M. Richman

The author thanks Mary Lee for her assistance in the data collection. The author gratefully acknowledges the support for this research provided by a grant from the Jane H. Pfouts Memorial Fund.