@article{fa574d7a94d4419d97cbea5c11b15bcd,
title = "Practical considerations for conducting client-centered process research",
abstract = "Process research is important in the marriage and family therapy field, specifically process research with client participants. Process research is typically conducted in treatment-as-usual conditions. Clinically applicable research has been identified to narrow the gap between research and practice. In the present conceptual paper, we provide specific recommendations to beginning process researchers for collaborating with community agencies to sample therapy clients. We present practical strategies for reducing participant and researcher burden and fostering collaboration among clinicians and researchers that are specific to conducting process research in community agency settings with client participants. Finally, we discuss implications for narrowing the research practice gap.",
keywords = "Client participants, community agencies, process research",
author = "Carissa D{\textquoteright}Aniello and Twist, {Markie L.C.} and Erin Sullivan and Christa Clayton",
note = "Funding Information: The time and cost involved in conducting process research is a salient concern of researchers (Wampler & Bartle-Haring, 2016). Funding for client-centered research in the MFT field has been much more difficult to obtain than research in similar fields (Oka & Whiting, 2013). This type of research is often not funded by major sources (such as the National Institutes of Health) which focus on unique treatments rather than therapeutic processes (Sprenkle, Davis, & Lebow, 2009). In addition to issues related to funding, pressures in academia often limit the time available for faculty members to conduct client research (Karam & Sprenkle, 2010). MFTs interested in conducting research, specifically process research and in treatment-as-usual settings, need to be creative about how to secure funding for such research. There may be opportunities that can be fostered through partnerships between university researchers with community-based agencies, nonprofit organizations, medical providers and settings, military branches, clinical organizations, school administrators and institutions of learning, etc. (for examples of studies conducted via collaborations with different funding sources, see Blumer & Werner-Wilson, 2010; Hertlein, Blumer, & Smith, 2014; Smith, Twist, & Hertlein, 2015). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, {\textcopyright} 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2018",
month = oct,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1080/08975353.2018.1456282",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "275--291",
journal = "Journal of Family Psychotherapy",
issn = "0897-5353",
number = "4",
}