Master of Science Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Term Paper NEUTRALITY (A historical review of a theoretical concept/idea in working with families and couples) Submitted by: Cheryl Lim 13 April 2007 Counselling and Care Centre‚ Singapore The Institute of Family Therapy‚ London‚ UK Validated by Middlesex University‚ London‚ UK As a learning therapist‚ I am often being reminded of the concept of neutrality when reviewing one’s relationship with the clients. This gives rise
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fondle her. This incident just happens one time and now the father‚ mother and daughter are in therapy together to go over this incident. The father enrolled in substance abuse program as well to give him so help. The family doesn’t want to get the law or child protective involved and the therapist feel like if he/she does the family might stop coming to therapy session. The therapist is worry if the family ever do break up that the mother and daughter can sue therapist for not taking action as well
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important element of structural family therapy model is a strong stance of the therapist in order to interact with the family and influence change. The therapist holds an expert/active stance and is directive. Additionally the therapist assumes leadership in the therapeutic process‚ thus he/she has the most power in the therapy room (Minuchin‚ 1974). Therefore‚ it is important for a therapist to become involved in the structure of the family and has to be inducted into the family. After that the therapist
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extent would you engage in mediation‚ negotiating‚ or advocating with this family? I would assume that working for an agency that deals with insurance reimbursements and wants quick diagnoses and minimal sessions‚ the Solution-Focused or Behavioral models might be the more popular theories of choice under these constraints. However‚ I personally would choose to use the Bowenian and Experiential approaches in working with this family. I love the Bowenian perspective of not trying to change
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in structural family therapy model. As stated by Hsin Yang and Pearson (2002) in the process of joining the therapist makes an effort to show that he/she is interested in each family member thus
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was structural family therapy. Family structure “refers to the way a family is organized into subsystems whose interactions are regulated by interpersonal boundaries”‚ (Nichols‚ 2013‚ pg. 124). How structural family therapy is applied is when the subsystems have unclear boundaries. Those unclear boundaries force the family member to become isolated or disengaged. The reason why they become disengaged is because their partner has enmeshed or became closer to someone else in the family. In return leaving
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Part I: Client and Presenting Problems The presenting family consists of 7 individuals. While the family as a whole is the identified client‚ each individual within the family is suffering from individual issues that are resulting in creating stress throughout the whole family. The identified parents‚ Lena and Stef‚ are a lesbian couple (Bredeweg & Paige‚ 2013). Stef‚ a Caucasian female who is as a police officer‚ was previously married to Mike‚ a fellow police officer‚ and they had a son identified
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I desire to obtain my MA in Marital and Family Therapy Program and there is a story to my passion for helping others. As I witnessed a dear friend of mine who I held extremely close to my heart‚ attempt to end her life because of the poor family dynamic she was enduring my world was crushed. She was so unbelievably unhappy with her home environment that she allowed her experience to devalue her worth. She felt a lack of attention from her family because of their focus on situations outside of her
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‘“Ordinary People Come through Here’: Locating the Beauty Salon in Women’s Lives” by Paula Black ‘“They are Taken into Account for Their Opinions’: Making Community and Displaying Identity at a Dominican Beauty Shop in New York City‚” from Black Behind the Ears by Ginetta Candelario Author of “Ordinary People Come through Here’: Locating the Beauty Salon in Women’s Lives‚” published in Feminist Review. Commercial‚ public and academic researcher‚ with a focus on sexual health services and employment
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Ordinary People Critical Lens Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said‚ “Good literature substitutes for an experience which we‚ ourselves‚ have not yet experienced.” Good literature creates worlds and lifestyles for us that we otherwise would not be exposed to. Good writing gives us the opportunity to live in another world and experience things that otherwise would be out of our reach. These can be realistic things‚ or fantasy. Good literature gives us the opportunity to explore other peoples worlds
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