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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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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Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer John Mack MFCC/556 May 3‚ 2011 Professor Linda Hand‚ MFT Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer Family is the most important facet of human life. So when a family needs help it is important that the family’s therapist employs a style of therapy that the therapist believes in and has absolute confidence when using. I believe that the theoretical approaches utilized by a therapist must match the way the therapist handles his/her own issues in life
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Therapeutic Alliance in Family Therapy Therapeutic Alliance in Family Therapy Therapeutic alliance is the working relationship between the client and the professional. It focuses on the task‚ goals and bond between the client and professional. The client and professional agree on homework assignments that would lead to success in goals of what the client hopes to achieve in therapy. At this point‚ the client and the professional have begun to build a trusting relationship that would guide the
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The American Journal of Family Therapy‚ 36:300–311‚ 2008 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group‚ LLC ISSN: 0192-6187 print / 1521-0383 online DOI: 10.1080/01926180701647512 Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness‚ but It Helps: Marital Satisfaction‚ Psychological Distress‚ and Demographic Differences Between Low- and Middle-Income Clinic Couples JOHN DAKIN and RICHARD WAMPLER Texas Tech University‚ Lubbock‚ Texas‚ USA The characteristics of 51 very low-income and 61 middle-income couples receiving services
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Narrative Therapy An Integrated Outcome? Introduction Systemic therapy was based on Minuchin’s Structural Therapy model (1968) followed by Bateson’s cybernetic model (1972) The first order cybernetic model considerd that problems within a family system should be focused on by strategically solving problems‚ meeting family goals and help change a person’s dysfunctional behaviour. D Shazer (1985). These concepts in Systemic therapy were known as the major paradigms and were taught by therapists
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narrative therapy is that the focus on externalizing problems allows avoidance of deeper issues (Rasheed‚ Rasheed‚ & Marley‚ 2011‚ p. 322). In the case of the Michael’s family‚ this should not be as much of a problem. Due to the fact that the Michael’s were referred for grief counseling and the children are showing signs of grief and trauma‚ the concerns of not addressing deeper issues does not apply to the aspects of grief therapy. It may still apply to some of the aspects of therapy relating
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Rough Draft Essay For almost ninety years‚ marriage and family therapy continue to change in the United States. It is a thriving career with significant benefits. With all of the families and marriages broke apart over the years‚ having the ability to help would be so rewarding. The qualifications and training of the marriage and family field include and education. Certificate‚ degree‚ and much more. The knowledge of a marriage and family therapist are sometimes different depending on the state
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Marriage and family therapist apply family systems theory‚ principles‚ and techniques to address and treat mental and emotional disorders. In doing so‚ they modify people’s perceptions prevent family and individual crises. Therapist may with individuals‚ families‚ couples‚ and groups. Marriage and family therapy differs from traditional techniques for the main reason it less emphasis is placed on an identified client or psychological conflicts. The main focus is on viewing and understanding their
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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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