METHOD
Overview of Design
The present study was conducted with the approval of the governing Institutional Review Boards of two universities in the Northeast and the Executive Board of the Minuchin Center for the Family in New York City. To obtain inter-rater reliability regarding fidelity, we had developed a Structural Family Therapy (SFT) Fidelity Rating Scale and trained two experienced SFT therapists who were Minuchin Center faculty in its use. Participant therapists provided active consent for participation in research in the course of their classroom training. Active consent from patient families was obtained to allow showing of their videotaped sessions in class for Fidelity Rating,supervision, and for use with the Fidelity Rating Scale, designed to obtain inter-rater reliability.