Family Therapy

Family Therapy Originators:  Gregory Bateson, Salvador Minuchin, Jay Haley, Murray Bowen, Nathan Ackerman, Virginia Satir, Ivan Boszmormenyi-Nagy, John Elderkin Bell, Philip Guerin, Don Jackson, Carl Whitaker, Betty Carter, Michael White, James Framo, Jay Haley, Walter Kempler, Milton Erickson, Richard C. Schwartz

 

Overview of Family Therapy:  "Family therapy is a mode of psychotherapy that involves all the members of a nuclear or extended family. It may be conducted by a pair or team of therapists.  Although some forms of family therapy are based on behavioral or psychodynamic principles, the most widespread form is based on family systems theory. This approach regards the family, as a whole, as the unit of treatment, and emphasizes such factors as relationships and communication patterns rather than traits or symptoms in individual members.  Family therapy derived its theoretical foundations from the emergent, cross disciplinary body of knowledge called systems theory. Systems theory proposes that all phenomena are interconnected and cannot be known without reference to their context. Simply put, there is nothing—no person, no thing—that stands apart from its networks of relationships. Individuals cannot be understood without reference to their past and present relationships, especially their families." ~Excerpt from

 

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American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

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Family Therapy Article Summaries

The Family Development Program: Creativity, Performance and Play to Help Families Develop

Jennifer Bullock, M.Ed., M.L.S.P.,LPC, NCC In our current over-scheduled, over-pressured world, families are confronting problems they have little capacity to do anything about. We can tend to cope by getting stuck in a narrow range of behaviors and responses even if they are not helpful. A child who has learned to have temper tantrums when she is angry, and her parents who have learned to punish or pamper her, are stuck in maladaptive, non-growthful environments—‘a bad play’. It’s like playing the same part ... Read the rest of this entry »
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Los Angeles Sees Mental Health Clients Reunite with Families

A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Working through a mental health difficulty can be personally challenging for the self, but most people who confront such concerns also encounter issues within their families. In extreme cases, some people may become separated from their loved ones, as is the case of many women in Los Angeles with criminal backgrounds and indications of mental health concerns. But the rate of reunification is distinctly on the rise in the city, as women ... Read the rest of this entry »
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In Therapy, Who Comes First, the Child or the Parent?

There is growing evidence that introducing children and adolescents to therapy can prove beneficial in a host of areas; in fact, recommendations have been made that most if not all young people undergo some sort of professional screening for feelings of depression. The effort to help curb unnecessary suffering in youth is undoubtedly important, and mental health professionals from many different fields are keen to lend their knowledge and expertise to the health and well-being of kids. But as for engaging in actual therapy sessions, there is some contention between ... Read the rest of this entry »
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Family Therapy and OCD

For many therapists and other mental health professionals, the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, are fairly clear. But for parents of children who suffer from related difficulties, it's not always a straightforward matter to distinguish between positive and unhelpful behaviors, and sometimes parents' efforts to help their children can have the opposite effect. Validating the behaviors associated with OCD is a common, and often unintentional, result of parents' reactions to their children's symptoms. But through consultation with a mental health professional and a better understanding of how OCD ... Read the rest of this entry »
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Family Therapy for Hospital Blues

Being sick or injured is a serious drag, as far as popular consensus is concerned, and with good reason: physical and mental capabilities may slow down, pain can become an incessant problem, and the feeling of “missing out” on life are all common components of the negative experience of being sick. Add a hospital stay to the equation, and these issues can easily multiply and take on new and depressing forms. A significant number of hospitalized people experience depression during and/or following their stay, and traditional approaches tend to ... Read the rest of this entry »
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