------------------------------------------------- Family Therapy Family therapy is a form of counseling which specializes in treating family relationships. Marriage and Family Therapists can work with every combination of family relationship (whole families or couples‚ parents with children or individual members) to assist a family to function in more comfortable and useful ways. While most family therapists work alone with family members‚ others may work in pairs or a larger team of therapists. How Does Family Therapy Work?
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the road is how you walk it." Juan Ramon Jimenez Since not all changes affect all family members‚ and changes in one individual are not going to affect the rest of his or her family‚ it seems families can use whatever methods facilitate smooth functioning. Then‚ what is the definition of family and how family therapists help families when problems do arise? A family is an aggregate of individuals‚ and family therapists have inevitably been dealing with individuals within families. Thus‚ it is
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Structural and Developmental Assessment of the G Family Caring for the family from a holistic point of view is at the very heart of nursing. The family unit is one of the most important foundational institutions in society. While it may seem inconsequential to some‚ the family unit provides identity‚ stability‚ and support. Family dynamics and crises can affect an individual greatly‚ both physically and emotionally. Thus‚ it is important for nurses to always include the family when assessing
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Sociological Theories and Family Sociological Theories and Family Sociological theories are important in understanding how the society operates. In addition‚ the theories help one understand how people in society relate with each other. The theories have helped understand various social issues in the society and made it easy to develop solutions to the problems. There are different theories that are used to explain how the society operates and how people interact with each other. Examples of
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Family Development Theory (including family life cycle) (Pg. 73 – 80 in the textbook) Definitions of key terms Family of orientation: The family that you are born into; the family of origin. Family of procreation: The family they may help to found‚ i.e. the after marriage family. Developmental tasks: Adjustments that people need to make in order to cope with the changes in the family life cycle as well with changes in their own life cycle. Dysfunctional: The ineffective families
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The second evidenced based family intervention model that is applicable to this problem is Dialectical Behavior. Dialectical Behavior or DBT is another extension of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Developed in the late 1980’s through psychologist Marsha M. Linehan its development sought to be a better treatment modality to treat individuals present with borderline personalities. With DBT being able to be utilized in a variety of mental health settings it is a great modality for individuals and families
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History of MFT The history of family therapy began around 1960 when Gregory Bateson came up with the term‚ “system thinking.” This type of therapy was a daring departure‚ from traditional and individual treatment during the 1960s. He was involved in the schizophrenia research project in Palo Alto‚ California‚ which had a strong impact in shaping the course of family therapy. Along with his colleagues Jay Haley‚ John Weakland‚ William Fry‚ Don Jackson and later Virginia Satir‚ Paul Watzlawick‚
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Family Systems Theory / Micro & Macro Assessment A system theory is utilized in investigating or describing how something or someone functions together. “Family systems theory describes the family as an open‚ complex system in which all‚ of the members are interconnected” (Pender‚ Murdaugh‚ & Parsons‚ 2015‚ p.15). The five concepts that help define a unit are: family system as part of a larger supra system and composed of other subsystems‚ family as a whole greater than the sum of its parts‚ change
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Analysis How it views family Strengths of this Perspective – what it focuses on and contributes to our understanding of families Weaknesses or Criticisms of this Perspective Examples of Major Questions that a Researcher might ask with this perspective Structural-Functionalist Macro The family maintains and ensures a social continuity This perspective focuses on how families contribute to a society’s stability. Weaknesses of this perspective are considered too conservative for today’s society‚ see divorce
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Family and Marriage Family and marriage has very different meanings depending on where you live in the world and each group believes that the way that they look at marriage and family is the correct way. Marriage and family is viewed differently from all three sociological perspectives. Even though each group views family and marriage differently they still all agree that they are both needed in society (Henslin‚ 2014). The functionalist perspective look marriage and family as a basic function and
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