"Functional family therapy" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 19 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Deterioration of the Nuclear Family What is a family? The meaning of family has changed throughout history. It means something different to many people. According to the U.S. Census Bureau: “A family includes a householder and one or more people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth‚ marriage‚ or adoption. All people in a household who are related to the householder are regarded as members of his or her family. A family household may contain people not related

    Premium Family Sociology Marriage

    • 1823 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Better Essays

    Maintaining Family Ties

    • 1068 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Maintaining family ties As you read this chapter‚ you may find yourself looking for some magic formula‚ some specific set of communication patterns or skills that will enable you family to reach the zenith of family life. You should know by now that you won’t encounter any such formula in this book. The interpersonal communication patterns that leat to success or failure are many‚ and their creation and variety should by a source of celebration as much as sorrow.in fact many family therapists and

    Premium Family Sociology Family therapy

    • 1068 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Family Attachment Theory

    • 636 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Every family is different with various traditions‚ stories‚ dynamics‚ and values. However‚ every family has problems‚ large and small‚ that impact people uniquely. Understanding the issues that families encounter and how they affect the family and each individual member is important in becoming an effective helping professional. The Family Issues course covered numerous topics including theories and tools for professionals to use in assessing and understanding the impact of issues on family members

    Premium Family Family therapy Psychology

    • 636 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Healthy Family System

    • 997 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Essay 1 Sarah Johnson Liberty University Essay 1 “Family” can have many definitions and meanings. To one person‚ family may consist of having a mother‚ father‚ and children. While to another‚ family may mean a mother‚ grandmother‚ aunts and uncles. Regardless of how one interprets this term‚ child development can be directly affected by the family system in which a child is raised. Healthy Family Systems In Competent Christian Counseling: Foundations and Practice of Compassionate

    Premium Family Marriage Mother

    • 997 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Essay On Family Mediation

    • 611 Words
    • 3 Pages

    great deal of thought. Dividing assets‚ debts‚ and your family is a difficult task but can be accomplished without the animosity that is so often associated with divorce. One way to reach results without breaking the bank or causing needless drama within your family is to participate in a family mediation. In this type of mediation‚ you can elect to have some or all of your family members present at the mediation proceeding. Allowing other family members to take part in your divorce process ensures

    Premium Marriage Family Divorce

    • 611 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Bowen's Family Systems

    • 437 Words
    • 2 Pages

    to explain using Bowen’s family systems framework‚ how an individual’s level of differentiation and anxiety influence family relationships and strengths. Bowen’s family systems theory addresses how patterns of interaction in the family of origin influence a couple’s interaction in the next generation with their children. Bowen describes the differences in family functioning‚ by the degree of anxiety or the degree of differentiation within the family. Bowen’s definition of differentiation

    Premium Family Family therapy Psychology

    • 437 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Family Practice: Summary 10-16-96 By Rick R. Lopez The American family today‚ has the same problems that the American family of yesterday had. Daniel A. Sugarman‚ a psychologist in "Family Practice" introduces us to several case studies that seem to be the main nucleus of family problems today. He has put together a system called "Seven Ways to Keep the Peace at Home‚" in which he describes seven different problems within our American households today that can cause daily emotional and physical

    Premium Family Family therapy Psychology

    • 414 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    family Systems theory

    • 395 Words
    • 4 Pages

    FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY Why study families? • Traditional psychology - problem an individual one - Externalise distress - act out - Internalise distress - withdraw Theorists - Psychoanalytic - e.g Freud - fixated at a phase due to trauma and regress to this level - Behaviourists - e.g learn inappropriate response - Attachment - insecure primary attachment • Sociological perspective Bronfenbrenner’s model - ecological approach a) Life cycle stresses

    Premium Family Psychology Family therapy

    • 395 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Brice Family: A systemic approach Juli Baines MFCC/561 January 9‚ 2013 Jenny Brenn‚ MFT‚ LCADC The Brice Family: A systemic approach The Family Crucible‚ written by Augustus Napier and Carl Whitaker (1978)‚ exemplifies a fragmented family system. The family consists of David a VIP lawyer‚ Carolyn an angry mother‚ Claudia an enraged teenager‚ Don the 11-year-old peacemaker‚ and six-year-old Laura. Co-therapists‚ Napier and Whitaker have taken on the task of working with the family using

    Premium Family therapy Family

    • 1315 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Family Structural Theory

    • 442 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Using the family structural theory‚ how can families created following second marriages learn to function as one? Families go through several different developmental stages‚ usually at a milestone such as marriage‚ birth‚ death‚ etc. At each stage‚ the members of the family will need to adapt to the current environment or situation and new roles and responsibilities that come with that role. Some may take longer than others may to adapt. (Edelman 152). With second marriages‚ there have already been

    Premium Family Marriage Family therapy

    • 442 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Page 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 50