The Profession of Family Therapy in South Korea: Current Status and Future Directions
- 작성자 한지수
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The Profession of Family Therapy in South Korea: Current Status and Future Directions
저자 이선해, 전영주, 정혜정, 신순인, 이인수, 이동숙, 최연실
학술지명 현대가족치료(Contemporary Family Therapy)
권호사항 Vol.35 No.2 [2013], 388–399
발행연도 2013
초록
The authors present a brief overview of the family therapy field in South Korea. Since its introduction in the late 1970s, family therapy has been developing into a professional field with education and training institutions, practice settings, credentials, and practitioners holding memberships in various professional organizations. While such issues as family values and types, filial piety, violence, interethnic marriage, and social polarization have resulted in an increased demand for family therapy, such services are not readily accessible to Korean families in need. Efforts should be made in increasing number of competent family therapists by strengthening both academic and clinical requirements for credentialing. Efforts are also needed in increasing accessibility of family therapy services by making them more available within a variety of human service contexts.