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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Altogether the function of the therapeutic models and its theories are very much useful for the function of a family. However‚ one of the therapeutic approach that I would utilize as a therapist is the structural model. The structural model gives us so much insight of where the dysfunction lies‚ if a family lacks organization or order they will not be able to live a life of stability. This can create several problems within the function of a household. The communication will not be clearly communicated
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Predicting Work–Family Conflict and Life Satisfaction among Professional Psychologists. Patricia A. Rupert‚ Pedja Stevanovic‚ Elizabeth R. Tuminello Hartman‚ Fred B. Bryant‚ and Alisha Mil‚ Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 2012‚ American Psychological Association2012‚ Vol. 43‚ No. 4‚ 341–348ler.Loyola University of Chicago Creating a Balance between work and family is a challenge faced by many psychologists. This study examined an integrated model of resources‚ work–family conflict
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father and mother. The father and mother disapprove of the language he uses around their children. A structural-functionalist might question how the members of the family are performing their specified functions. They may look at each member’s values‚ beliefs‚ and social norms and see how they relate to one another. By doing this‚ a structural-functionalist will be able to identify why conflict or despair is occurring within a family unit. For example‚ if the mother’s belief system tells her it is correct
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Abstract When a family decides to have a child‚ everything changes. That child becomes a number one priority. In order for a child to lead a healthy‚ functional life‚ a family needs to be strong and functional. When a family becomes dysfunctional‚ the most effected is the children. The children forget their children and act out which makes them difficult to live with. If a dysfunctional family‚ let alone the children‚ knew that therapy and help was available to them‚ more families would become healthy
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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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| Growing Up In A Dysfunctional Family| Developmental Psychology| | Denise King| 4/18/2011| | Growing Up In a Dysfunctional Family When some people look back on their childhood they see happy times full of family memories‚ traditions‚ love‚ and encouragement. When I look back on my childhood I remember drug abuse‚ visiting my step father in jail‚ going without utilities‚ and playing the role of a mother at the age of eight. I knew I was different from other children. I knew that my parents
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Theory of Therapy This paper will explore Structural Family therapy (SFT) and how it is influenced by Family Systems theory. FST is the underlying paradigm that influenced the SFT founding therapist during the creation of SFT. I will further discuss my personal implementation of the model‚ interventions utilized with this approach‚ and overall stance of a therapist. The SFT model is a blueprint that therapist follow‚ personality and experience will affect how individual therapist present the model
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Family Support Hmong parents are encouraged to be actively involved in every level of their children’s education starting from kindergarten through the 12th grade. At home‚ Hmong parents should monitor time allowances for their children‚ check to ensure that their children have completed all assigned homework‚ and build a relationship with them (Lee & Green‚ 2008). At school‚ Hmong parents should be aware of the courses offered at their children’s school to better help their children pick suitable
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Book Review: Secrets of you Family Tree Terry Wolf What are some of the “dysfunctional dynamics” of the family of Abraham and Sarah? Abraham’s first loyalty was to God and not Sarah; Abraham was torn between his firstborn son Ishmael‚ and the son of promise‚ Isaac; dissension between Hagar and Sarah; Abraham was prone to lying to protect himself; dissension between Abraham and his nephew‚ Lot; Abraham was self-serving and self-protective; Sarah ’s favoritism of Isaac over Ishmael. What are some
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