Category: Family Therapy
The Good Therapy Blog
February 2nd, 2012 |
Families need to be together. After all, the family as a group exists to provide support, nurturance, food, shelter, resources, and a stable future to each member. While most families have their ups and downs, even stressed, impoverished, chaotic families want to live with one another. When is it in the family’s best interest for members to separate from one another? Can leaving the family home for a short while ever bring healing to the relationships in the long run?
Family separations occur in American culture in formal and informal ways. Formally, families can legally be ordered to separate... Read More
February 2nd, 2012 |
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an approach that is used to treat many mental health challenges, including anorexia nervosa in teens and adults. Anorexia, which usually develops during adolescence, is seen by some as an individual’s method of gaining control over something in their lives during a time in which they feel controlled by parents, teachers, peers, and society in general. CBT has been seen as an appropriate treatment because it addresses... Read More
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January 30th, 2012 |
One method for measuring reactivity to stress is to assess the level of autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning. In a recent study, Lisa M. Diamond of the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah used skin conductance (SCL) to measure ANS among 110 children 14 years old. The purpose of her experiment was to determine if teens’ reactions to stress were influenced by their own predisposition or by their environments. Specifically, Diamond wanted to find... Read More
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January 12th, 2012 |
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) teens are at increased risk for suicide due to peer victimization and minority discrimination. These actions can have serious psychological consequences for teens, including plummeting self-esteem, anxiety, hopelessness and depression. “No experience, however, is more pernicious than parental rejection,” said Gary M. Diamond of the Department of Psychology at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, and co-author of a study examining treatments to reduce suicide among LGB youth. “Societal homophobic... Read More
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January 9th, 2012 |
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a home-based method of therapy that is designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged clients, in particular, youth from poor socioeconomic backgrounds with drug or alcohol problems, domestic violence issues and HIV, among others. “MST interventions integrate empirically supported clinical techniques (e.g., family therapy, behavior therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy) into a broad-based social ecological framework, that addresses... Read More
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November 10th, 2011 |
The mental health field is comprised of various disciplines that range greatly in cost and efficacy. But few studies have looked at how these different disciplines compare to each other with respect to overall large scale cost effectiveness and treatment viability. In an attempt to fill this void, D. Russell Crane, Ph.D., analyzed four years of mental health claims data from CIGNA healthcare. “The purpose of the study was to explore the practice patterns and subsequent cost-effectiveness of different types of professionals providing individual and family therapy... Read More
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October 17th, 2011 |
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According to a new study led by Michael S. Robbins of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BFST) is a more effective form of treatment for adolescent substance users than traditional drug treatment provided in community programs. Teens with substance use problems often find themselves thrown into treatment as usual (TAU) programs offered within their towns and cities. Adolescents in the criminal justice system are even more likely to receive TAU... Read More
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October 4th, 2011 |
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Parents and teens each develop their own relationship with a therapist during family therapy. The overall outcome of treatment is dependent not only on these relationships, but on the other family members’ relationships with the therapist, and their level of success. Myrna L. Friedlander of the University at Albany, State University of New York, and lead author of a new study examining which perspective predicts therapeutic outcome more accurately, believes these dynamics are all unique and important indicators of therapeutic outcome. Previous... Read More
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August 29th, 2011 |
“Adolescents involved in the justice system are clinically complex, with particularly high rates of behavior problems, mental health disorders, and other ‘at-risk’ behaviors,” said Thomas Sexton of the Center for Adolescent and Family Studies at Indiana University. “Estimates are that 50% to 80% of delinquent adolescents meet the criteria for a mental disorder, such as conduct or substance-related disorders.” Sexton and his colleague Charles Turner at the Center for Family and Adolescent... Read More
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August 24th, 2011 |
I am not formally trained in DBT. My knowledge of it coming from texts, watching trained practitioners do it and gradually incorporating it into my practice. I’m comfortable with its use due to my background and training in similar modalities and have found the skills to be valuable for those who have a difficult time with more traditional approaches.
One area where DBT has been most helpful to me is in couples and family work as a compliment to Imago... Read More
August 15th, 2011 |
Depression affects approximately 7.5 million adults. Because of this, nearly 15 million children currently live with a depressed parent. These children are nearly four times more likely to develop depression as a result, and treating this group of adults and children is a major health priority. Bruce E. Compas, of the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University, led a study to determine if family group cognitive... Read More
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August 9th, 2011 |
How many times have you heard something like this in your household?
“You remember. I told you about it last week. You said you were fine with it.”
“What? No you didn’t. This is the first I’ve heard about it!”
Whether it’s a teenager talking about a social event, or a spouse talking about a business trip, family life is full of conversations that only the speaker seems to remember! Misconnections, hurt feelings, and chronic frustration... Read More
July 12th, 2011 |
You might have heard the phrase “love is the glue” that holds us, the universe, etc. together. I'd like to make a case for mindfulness as a similar connecting agent. In thinking of the work I am passionate about offering at Counseling on Capitol Hill, I've discovered that the various offerings have a common theme. What is it that couples counseling, Positive Discipline parent education, individual therapy, mindfulness coaching, and family therapy have in common?
Each... Read More
June 17th, 2011 |
As a psychologist, I see many dads who take pride in and also struggle with being a father. In honor of Father’s Day, I would like to offer some reflections for fathers, families, and therapists about the importance of recognizing and celebrating fathers in therapy. Let’s start with a quiz:
1. What percent of adult men are fathers?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
d) 40%
e) 50%
2. When did Father’s Day become a national holiday?
a) 1922
b) 1932
c) 1952
d) 1962
e) 1972 Read More
