Imagine that you are participating on a board to establish standards—personal, academic, and experiential—for family therapists. What qualifications would you establish as necessary conditions for...

Imagine that you are participating on a board to establish standards—personal, academic, and experiential—for family therapists. What qualifications would you establish as necessary conditions for becoming an effective family therapist? What do you think the minimum requirements should be to prepare a trainee to work with families? What would your ideal training program for couples and family therapists look like?