Collecting and Pooling Assessment and Outcome Data in Couple and Family Therapy Training Clinics: Reasons to Do It,Common Problems,and Some Suggestions for Avoiding Them

The article by Johnson et al. (2015) is an excellent example of many of the advantages and challenges of collecting data in clinics associated with Couple and Family Therapy training programs. In the hopes of encouraging more use of clinic datasets for research, we suggest some ways to improve the feasibility, quality, and value of routinely collecting such data.