What role does assessment play in treatment outcomes at the individual and dyadic levels? Is there anything that surprised you about the profession?

Discussion

1) After reading Fentz and Trillingsgaard (2016), Checking Up on Couples: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Assessment and Feedback on Martial Functioning and individual Mental Health in Couples from this unit studies, describe the effects of assessment and feedback on relationship functioning and individual partner health in couples.

What role does assessment play in treatment outcomes at the individual and dyadic levels?

2) After completing the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Identity – Matching Exercise [DOCX], compare your knowledge with the MFT Professional Identity Matching Exercise Answer Key [DOCX].

In this discussion, answer the following:

Is there anything that surprised you about the profession?
Reflect on the information provided in the exercise and how it might impact how you think about your career.