Running head: FAMILY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PAPER Family and Substance Abuse Paper Launita J. Grand Canyon University March 11‚ 2013 Family and Substance Abuse Paper When an individual has a disorder with substance abuse and how family is involved‚ it can be a very uncomfortable situation for both the abuser and family members. When the abuser is an adolescent‚ the program may need consent from the adolescent before communicating with the parent‚ whether the communication is over the course
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Murray Bowen introduced the Family Systems Theory. Within this theory‚ he suggests that individuals cannot be understood in separation from one another‚ but instead as a part of their family. The Family Systems Theory views the family as an emotional factor and uses systems thinking to describe the multifaceted interactions in this factor. It is the nature of a family that its members are intensely emotionally connected. There are many
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Psychoanalytic Approach in Family Counseling Liberty University Abstract Family settings that are filled with continuing conflict between family members become incapable of accomplishing a mutual respect for one another. This instability needs to be defused in order for the family to live in harmony. Psychoanalytic approach to family counseling is a theory that consists of multiple practices and techniques that are exercised to address the needs of families. This therapy was developed by Sigmund
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Salvador Minuchin’s structural family theory is a systems theory upholding that therapy must address the person as a part of the family‚ versus just looking at the individual. We better understand Minuchin’s theory when it is framed within the principles of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general systems theory‚ the premise on which all other systems theories are based. He says‚ like Minuchin‚ it is more therapeutically beneficial to look at the relationships between people rather than focusing on the individual’s
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improving the relationship of couples. Among several behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and humanistic approaches‚ emotionally-focused couple therapy leads in empirical research that supports its use as most effective. In order to test the effectiveness‚ couples undergoing emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) are given several different measures designed to report outcomes of the therapy. Using these measures at the beginning of a set amount of sessions allows therapists to work with the clients on appropriate strategies
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What is unique about Solution Focused Brief Therapy? What is unique about Solution Focused Brief Therapy is that it focuses on the individual’s strengths and possibilities not their limitations and weakness. The therapy has no interested in gaining understanding of the problem‚ instead this therapy is geared toward helping individual clients look forward and use his/her own strengths to achieve their goals. This therapy also focuses on finding out what individuals are doing that is working and
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Individuals‚ subsystems‚ and whole families are demarcated by interpersonal boundaries‚ invisible barriers that regulate contact with others. Subsystems that aren’t adequately protected by boundaries limit the development of interpersonal skills achievable in these subsystems (Nichols & Schwartz‚ 2004). Consequently‚ the family should be considered as a system whose function depends on the members of this structure. Minuchin’s Family structural theory was created with subsystems that changed all
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illnesses and each has its own side effects. Each persons experience could also be different‚ although the same disease may be present. What stays the same‚ however‚ is the impact that mood disorders have on the family. Left untreated‚ mood disorders have a negative effect on the entire family unit causing the members stress‚ anger‚ and guilt. They are typically the most affected people in the lives of those with mental illnesses. While there has been much research done on mental
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The Family Structural Theory provides a method in which a nurse is able to identify how family members interact with one another to establish a baseline. These interactions create patterns of behavior that the nurse is able to focus on when assessing how‚ why‚ and under what circumstances family members behave in their assumed roles‚ how they are organized as a family‚ what their established boundaries are‚ and how they are able to adapt when faced with change‚ illness‚ or crisis. If these family
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Abstract A healthy family should create and sustain and environment which promotes emotional and physical health and psychological well-being for its members. To fulfill this function‚ families should know how to nurture‚ support‚ encourage‚ protect‚ communicate‚ create boundaries and structure‚ have fun and work together as a team. What does a healthy family look like? The answer to that may be as varied as there are families; however there are common characteristics that can be found in functional
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