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Key Figures: Alfred Adler, Murray Bowen, Virginia Satir, Carl Whitaker, Salvador Minuchin, Jay Haley, & Cloe' Madanes are just a few of the key figures within the development of Family Systems Therapy.
- Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937) was the first psychologist of the modern era to do family therapy using a systemic approach (Corey, 2012, p. 433)
| Murray Bowen (1913 - 1990) was one of the original developers of mainstream family therapy (Corey, 2012, p. 433). |
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Virginia Satir(1916 - 1988) |
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 Salvador Minuchin (1921-) began to develop structural family therapy in the 1960s through his work with delinquent boys from poor families at the Wiltwyck School in New York (Corey, 2012, p. 434).   ay Haley (1923 - 2007) is one of the
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Cloe' Madanes (1941 - ) is one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy.
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Key Concepts: The main element for family systems therapy is to help the families in the time of need. According to a recent article (Corey, 2012, p. 456) "An individual's problematic behavior grows out of the interactional unit of the family as well as the larger community and societal systems." One way in which family therapy differs from many individual therapies is its emphasis on how current family relationships contribute to the development and maintenance of symptom (Corey, 2012, p. 456). The main concept strives for family relationships to help strengthen the weaken individual during the time when a family should pull together.
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Goals of Theory: With family systems therapy the type of therapy session is brief with the intervention being a quick resolving accessment. Since there is a vast amount of key figures involved in family systems therapy, the ultimate outcome is to promote change to the individual causing the dysfunction within the family through various techniques: role playing, family reconstruction and other areas to promote change. Family therapy is grounded on a set of values and theoretical assumptions. Ultimately, every intervention a therapists makes is an expression of a value judgement (Corey, 2012, p. 456). Family systems therapy can help promote intervention for a family in the time of crisis being either a death of a family member, drug /alcohol dependency, relationship issues, marital issues or issues of a family going through a divorce.
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Techniques: Personal characteristics such as respect for clients, compassion, empathy, and sensitivity are human qualities that influence the manner in which techniques are delivered (Corey, 2012, p. 456). Family Systems Therapy can include a diverse range of counseling styles and methods to help incorporate a full circle of therapy. Several different techniques may include: communication theory, psychotherapy, reality therapy, role-playing, systemic coaching, and attachment-focused family therapy to just name a few types of counseling techniques they may be beneficial for clients.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfaIN0rKWM
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References
Corey, G. (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (9th edition). Belmont,
CA: Brooks/Cole.
Psychotherapy.Net. (2009, June). Kenneth Hardy Family Systems Therapy Video Clip, Retrieved
June 15, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfaIN0rKWM
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ReplyDeleteThe distinctive feature of family therapy is its perspective and analytical framework rather than the number of people present at a therapy session. Specifically, family therapists are relational therapists: They are generally more interested in what goes on between individuals rather than within one or more individuals, although some family therapists—in particular those who identify as psychodynamic, object relations, intergenerational, EFT, or experiential family therapists—tend to be as interested in individuals as in the systems those individuals and their relationships constitute. Depending on the conflicts at issue and the progress of therapy to date, a therapist may focus on analyzing specific previous instances of conflict, as by reviewing a past incident and suggesting alternative ways family members might have responded to one another during it, or instead proceed directly to addressing the sources of conflict at a more abstract level, as by pointing out patterns of interaction that the family might have not noticed.
A family needs hands-on guidance from a therapist to be appropriately supportive and assistive in the treatment or recovery of a member of the family.
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Great post! Most people think of therapy as involving a one-to-one relationship with a therapist. However, there are times when it is more appropriate for family therapy and marital counseling either instead of or in addition to individual therapy.
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