748 Family Systems Therapy

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Family Systems Perspective

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Individuals are best understood through assessing the interactions within an entire family

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Family Systems Perspective

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A family is an interactional unit and a change in one member effects all members

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Family Systems Perspective

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A systems orientation broadens the traditional emphasis on individual internal dynamics

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View of Symptoms

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Symptoms are viewed as an expression of a dysfunction within a family

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View of Symptoms: Problematic behaviors:

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Serve a purpose for the family

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View of Symptoms: Problematic behaviors:

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Are unintentionally maintained by family processes

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View of Symptoms: Problematic behaviors:

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Reflect the family’s inability to operate productively

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View of Symptoms: Problematic behaviors:

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Are symptomatic patterns handed down across generations

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Adlerian Family Therapy

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Developed by Alfred Adler, AFT is based on an educational model that emphasizes family atmosphere and family constellation

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Adlerian Family Therapy

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Therapists are collaborators who seek to join the family

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Adlerian Family Therapy

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Parent interviews yield hunches about the purposes underlying children’s misbehavior

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Multigenerational Family Therapy

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A theoretical and clinical model developed by Murray Bowen that evolved from psychoanalytic principles and practices

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Multigenerational Family Therapy

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The family is viewed as an emotional unit

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Multigenerational Family Therapy

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Unresolved emotional reactivity to one’s family must be addressed if one hopes to achieve a mature personality

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Multigenerational Family Therapy

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Differentiation of the self

A psychological separation from others

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Multigenerational Family Therapy

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Triangulation

A third party is recruited to reduce anxiety and stabilize a couples’ relationship

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MFT Treatment Goals

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To change the individuals within the context of the system

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MFT Treatment Goals

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To end generation-to-generation transmission of problems by resolving emotional attachments

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MFT Treatment Goals

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To lessen anxiety and relieve symptoms

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MFT Treatment Goals

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To increase the individual member’s level of differentiation

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Structural Family Therapy

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Created by Salvador Minuchin, this approach focuses on family interactions to understand the structure, or organization of the family

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Structural Family Therapy

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Symptoms are a byproduct of structural failings

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Structural Family Therapy

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Structural changes must occur in a family before an individual’s symptoms can be reduced

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Structural Family Therapy

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Techniques are active, directive, and well thought out

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Treatment Goals of Structural Family Therapy: Reduce symptoms of dysfunction and bring about structural change by:

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Modifying the family’s transactional rules

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Treatment Goals of Structural Family Therapy: Reduce symptoms of dysfunction and bring about structural change by:

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Developing more appropriate boundaries

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Treatment Goals of Structural Family Therapy: Reduce symptoms of dysfunction and bring about structural change by:

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Creating an effective hierarchical structure

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Strategic Family Therapy

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Jay Haley developed this approach, which is often used in combination with Structural Family Therapy

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Strategic Family Therapy

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Presenting problems are accepted as “real” and not a symptom of system dysfunction

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Strategic Family Therapy

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Therapy is brief, process-focused, and solution-oriented

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Strategic Family Therapy

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Change results when the family follows the therapist’s directions and change transactions

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Treatment Goals of Strategic Family Therapy

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Resolve presenting problems by focusing on behavioral sequences

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Treatment Goals of Strategic Family Therapy

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Get people to behave differently

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Treatment Goals of Strategic Family Therapy

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Shift the family organization so that the presenting problem is no longer functional

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Treatment Goals of Strategic Family Therapy

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Move the family toward the appropriate stage of family development

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Recent Innovations in Family Therapy

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In recent times, feminism, multiculturalism, and postmodern social constructionism have all entered the family therapy field

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Recent Innovations in Family Therapy

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These models are more collaborative, treating clients—individuals, couples, or families—as experts in their own lives

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Recent Innovations in Family Therapy

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These models represent a real paradigm shift in the field of family therapy

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A Multilayered Process of Family Therapy

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Families are multilayered systems that both affect and are affected by the larger systems in which they are embedded

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A Multilayered Process of Family Therapy

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Both members and the system can be assessed based on power, alignment, organization, structure, development, culture, and gender

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Strengths from a Diversity Perspective

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Many ethnic and cultural groups place great value on the extended family

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Strengths from a Diversity Perspective

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Monica McGoldrick has been the most influential leader in the development of gender and cultural perspectives in family practice

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Strengths from a Diversity Perspective

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The individual culture of the family, the larger cultures to which the family members belong, and host culture that dominates the family’s life are explored

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Limitations from a Diversity Perspective

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The process of differentiation occurs in most cultures, but it takes on a different shape due to cultural norms

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Limitations from a Diversity Perspective

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Some practitioners may erroneously assume Western models of family are universal

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Limitations from a Diversity Perspective

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Some family therapists focus primarily on the nuclear family, which is based on Western notions

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Contributions of the Family Systems Approach

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In most systemic approaches, neither the individual nor the family is blamed for a particular dysfunction

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Contributions of the Family Systems Approach

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An individual is not scapegoated as the “bad person” in the family

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Contributions of the Family Systems Approach

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Identifying and exploring internal, developmental, and purposeful interactional patterns empowers the family

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Limitations of the Family Systems Approach

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An overemphasis on the system may result in the unique characteristics and needs of individuals being overlooked

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Limitations of the Family Systems Approach

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Practitioners must not assume that Western models of family are universal and must be culturally competent