Full time
KVC Behavioral Health Systems
Lexington, KY, USA
MST is an intensive family and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple influences that contribute to serious antisocial or illegal behavior in youth aged 12 -17 years. The MST approach views individuals as being part of, and influenced by, a complex network of interconnected systems that encompass individual, family, and extrafamilial (peer, school, neighborhood) factors. In MST, this “ecology” of interconnected systems is viewed as the “client.” To achieve successful outcomes with these youth, interventions are generally necessary within and among a combination of these systems. The therapist is responsible for engagement (i.e., creating a productive, change-focused relationship) with the family and with other key participants in the youth’s ecology (e.g., teachers, school administrators, community members, workers from agencies with mandated involvement). Similarly, the therapist and provider agency are held accountable for achieving change and for positive case...