Marriage and family therapists' problems and utilization of personal therapy

Family therapists are not immune to personal or family problems nor exempt from needing therapy. The purpose of the present study was to survey Americ an Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Clinical Members reg arding their personal problems and experiences with personal therapy. Resul ts show that the majority of respondents had problems related to their marr iages and or families, had received some form of personal therapy since ent ering the profession, had sought therapy whenever they had problems, and re ported a high rate of success and benefits from their therapy. These result s are discussed in comparison with previous research, other professions, an d the lay public.