ABSTRACT
Early in the 1990s, the personal and professional development (PPD) module was introduced into two major British institutions offering family therapy training at MSc level. Not surprisingly, the introduction of a new module such as the PPD created difficulties for MSc convenors already struggling with so many competing demands on course time. Nonetheless, I was given a free hand to
devise the module within the time constraint, and agreement was reached about both compulsory attendance and confidentiality. In addition, it was decided to leave genogram work to be done as part of the supervision component of the MSc, so that supervisors would be able to make immediate links between their trainees' previous life experience and their clinical practice.
