Data-Driven Insights: A University-Based Family Therapy Clinic Study in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Using the SCORE-15

Abstract

As family therapy is in its infancy in Bangladesh, we know very little about who accesses it and how it is being used or received. This article reports on a year's worth of quantitative and qualitative clinical data from the very first family therapy clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Data come from the Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation-15 (SCORE-15) measure, which was administered to the clients of this university-based clinic. A total of 46 families participated in both the qualitative and quantitative parts of the study, resulting in 134 individual responses. The sample consisted of six couples and 40 individual families. This descriptive study points to the importance of family relationships to the Bengali people and the general acceptability of family therapy as a possible treatment modality for couple, family, and relational problems in this South Asian context.