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advocacy that I'm engaged in, which is basically
designed to protect the mental health profession.
The fourth is related to the third, but it is developing an
understanding of professional identity as an MFT. In our
profession, we have four or five different regulated
professions in every state. I help them understand that
considering cultural and social issues is part of the identity of
a marriage and family therapist because we're looking at
systems. While addiction counselors are looking at
substance use and process addiction, while
professional counselors
are looking for
psychopathology and
individual issues, and
while psychologists want
to test everybody, our unique
perspective as a discipline is
that we are looking at how
systems and relationships not only
impact our clients, but also us and
our profession.
Yolunda H., Class of 2019
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