Multisystemic Therapy for emerging adults (MST-EA) is an adaptation of MST 

Pete was a 17-year-old with many problems. Some were of his own making. Others were forced on him. His mother was no longer around and his father was in the late stages of a terminal illness, contributing to Pete’s anxiety and depression. Pete had been trying to care for his father, but he missed too much school and was moved into foster care once this was reported to authorities. There, his behavior deteriorated. He refused to attend school and started breaking into cars. 

His foster caregiver couldn’t keep him at home and away from his ex-girlfriend, with whom he had a toxic, physically aggressive relationship. On top of this, he relied heavily on daily marijuana to cope with his depression and anxiety. 

For nearly 20 years, Dr. Edwards has been supporting evidence-based reform

Dr. Dan Edwards, president of Evidence-Based Associates (EBA), says he remembers being a lifelong fan of two things: the Red Sox and Multisystemic Therapy (MST). His graduate school seminar on family therapy at the University of Florida was taught by Jim Rodrigue, a protégé of Scott Henggeler, the developer of MST. The required textbook for the course was “Family Therapy and Beyond” (the original book on MST), and so Dr. Edwards just assumed that MST was family therapy when he started out. He knew at that point, he wanted to be involved with MST somehow.