his article describes a systematic program of research that focuses on Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) and the adaptations that were developed based on BSFT principles. The culture-specific origins of BSFT are reviewed‚ as well as its broader applications to the field of family therapy. Research is reviewed demonstrating that BSFT is a promising family-based approach to treating Hispanic youth behavior problems and drug abuse. Treatment innovations are described that address the combination
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Scenario 1 Sophia has been removed from her family and placed into foster care for the second time in the last 2 years due to her mother’s ongoing substance abuse. Sophia has missed many days of school and often comes to school dirty and wearing clothes from the day before. Sophia’s mother does not think she has a problem and blames the system for once again taking her daughter. 1. What can a human service professional do to help this family? 2. How might the family’s previous involvement
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Origins of a family have meaning and history. By keeping track of family relations also known as a family tree it can allow us to keep records of the past. The Edwards family tree shows great record from the early 1700 ’s to the mid 1800 ’s. This family tree demonstrates when a person was baptized; when they got married; and when they passed away. The Edwards family chart show the different relations of marriages and fertility rate from today ’s society. From the chart we can determine that the Edwards
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Contextual therapy was developed by Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy (frequently referred to as just Nagy)‚ as a combination of family and individual psychotherapy. The model looks at individuals past and current family relationships to help the identified patient and/or family identified patient. This therapy also aims to help families by facilitating their ability to acknowledge and encourage each other’s positive contributions to the family. This integrative approach is based on the assumptions that many
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Marriage Family therapy model approaches which has different objective in each application within each model. Each model is specifically designed to target the problems effectively for achieving the ultimate results. Throughout this course I have learned different models concepts and there approaches. In learning the different models in this course‚ I have discovered that there are a couple of models that probably suit my personal style. I had the assumption that solution-focus brief therapy model was
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As it is with there being many forms of therapy that is being conducted by a therapist‚ counselor‚ social worker‚ and etc.‚ there are always ways on how a therapy session is to be structured and assess. A study completed by Bailey (2012)‚ he states‚ “In family therapy the assessment process involves an examination of the context of family…interpersonal relations with emphasis on decision making and life course challenges” (p. 314). That is a significant statement by Bailey as it relates to the assessment
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Narrative Family Therapy Narrative family therapy is a theoretical model that has grown out of the postmodern movement. Based on the idea that reality not simply concrete and observable‚ but subject to a person’s perception of the experience and the story he tells himself about who he is in the world. Rather than focusing on behaviors‚ narrative therapy focuses on how the clients interpret their experiences‚ then helps them to create a more positive story. This goes beyond reframing‚ a technique
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In Strategic Family Therapy‚ the therapist’s role in this theory is that the therapist is a consultant‚ an expert‚ and a stage director (Bitter‚ 2014). The therapist is in control. The therapist’s responsibility is to develop a plan or a strategy for solving the client’s problems. In the initial phase of therapy‚ the goals are established‚ a plan is developed‚ and therapeutic strategies are designed to address the problems. The therapists that called into the counseling sessions‚ allow for the plan
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John‚ Sally‚ and their daughter Mary came into therapy wanting to help deal with current issues relating to Mary’s depression and self-harm. They had discovered that Mary had been occasionally cutting herself as well as isolating herself in her room for long hours. Sally had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer‚ which was successfully operated on‚ and was in remission. From an object relations perspective much of the family’s relationship and way of dealing‚ or in this case not dealing with
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Elizabeth Bowen "The Demon Lover" In Elizabeth Bowen’s‚ The Demon Lover‚ the story revolves around the central character Mrs. Drover. As the reader finishes the story it is unclear whether she was abducted by the devil‚ her deceased fiancé‚ or she was in the midst of a war time induced hallucination. In order to decipher the events the reader must interrupt the clues concerning the letter‚ Mrs. Drover’s flashback to World War I‚ and determine who the taxi cab driver was. It is my impression that
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