Finding a Home for Spirituality in Couple and Family Therapy Training: An Analysis of CFT Educators' Strategies and Methods For Integrating Spirituality Into the CFT Curriculum
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the specific ways that couple and family therapy
(CFT) faculty members integrate content on spirituality into the courses they teach. The
study used an existing data set consisting of 93 CFT faculty members who taught in
accredited master's and/or doctoral level CFT programs of which 47 were male and 46
were female. The participants completed an electronic survey for this study. The
predominant religious or spiritual affiliation within the sample was Christian. The results of
this study suggested that many participants were following recommendations from the
literature on ways to integrate topics of spirituality into the teaching and supervision of
CFT students. However, the results of this study also indicated that infusion of spirituality
into the curricula is an idea worthy of further exploration in the research.