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Family Systems Therapy. Dr. Alfred Adler Dr. Murray Bowen Dr. Virginia Satir Dr. Carl Whitaker Dr. Salvador Minuchin Dr. Jay Haley Dr. Cloe’ Madanes (Haley). Basic Assumption. Serve a purpose for the family Conflict

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Family Systems Therapy

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  1. Family Systems Therapy Dr. Alfred Adler Dr. Murray Bowen Dr. Virginia Satir Dr. Carl Whitaker Dr. Salvador Minuchin Dr. Jay Haley Dr. Cloe’ Madanes (Haley)

  2. Basic Assumption • Serve a purpose for the family • Conflict • Be a function of the family’s inability to operate productively • The Cause • Be handed down across generations

  3. Primary Goal of Therapy • To bring about change in the family system, which is assumed to produce change in the individual members of that family unit…

  4. Adlerian Family Therapy • Basic Assumption: Both parents and children become stuck in repetitive negative interactions, which become motivators for the type of behavior displayed by the entire family… • EX: Arguing, Tobacco & Alcohol Use, Trouble with authority, etc…

  5. Family Power & Authority Decision Maker F F Decision Maker P 2 P 1 2 3 1 2 3 TYPICAL DYSFUNCTIONAL

  6. Role of Therapist The role of the therapist is that of a “Collaborator” who actually seeks to join the family unit…

  7. Goals of Adlerian Family Therapy • Unlock mistaken goals and interactional patterns • Engage parents in a learning experience and joint assessment • Of the family • Place emphasis on the family’s motivational patterns • What makes them tick • To initiate a reorientation of the family • Teach them new ways

  8. Multi-Generational Family Therapy: Murray Bowen • Bowen the original developer of mainstream family therapy • A family can be best understood when it is analyzed from at least a three-generational perspective…

  9. Basic Concept of Differentiation of Self & Triangulation • Differentiation of Self • The psychological separation of intellect and emotion and independence of self from others • Triangulation • Eliciting the support of a third party to lessen emotional tension between other family members Central To Therapy Model

  10. Multi-Generational Goals • To change the individuals within the system • To end generation-to-generation transmission of problems by resolving emotional attachment • To lessen anxiety and relieve symptoms • To increase the individual member’s level of differentiation

  11. Human Validation Process Model: Virginia Satir • Her approach emphasizes: • Communication • Emotional Experiencing • And, stresses the involvement of the therapist with a family The model is called: “Con-Joint Family Therapy”

  12. Validation Process • Enhancement and validation of self-esteem • Family Rules • Congruence and openness in communication • Sculpting • Nurturing Triads • Family Mapping and Chronologies

  13. Goals of Conjoint Therapy • Open Communication • Individuals are allowed to honestly report their perceptions • Enhancement of Self-Esteem • Family decisions are based on individual needs • Encouragement of Growth • Differences are acknowledged • Transforming extreme rules into useful and functional rules • Families have many spoken and unspoken rules

  14. Experiential Family Therapy:Carl Whitaker This approach stresses: • Choice • Freedom • Self-Determination • Growth • Self-Actualization

  15. Therapist Emphasis • Unmask pretense, create new meaning, and liberate family members • Techniques are secondary • Creates family turmoil

  16. Phases of Family Therapy • Engagement • Involvement • Disentanglement

  17. Goals of Experiential Family Therapy • Individual autonomy • Achieve more intimacy • Encourage free expression • Promote spontaneity, creativity, the ability to play, and the willingness to be “Crazy”

  18. Structural Family Therapy:Salvador Minuchin • An approach to understanding the nature of the family, the presenting problem, and the process of change… • An approach that stresses action over insight…

  19. Family Structure • Basic Family • Family Sub-Systems • Spousal sub-system • Mother/father sub-system • Sibling sub-system • Extended family sub-system

  20. Strategic Family Therapy: Jay Haley • Focus is on solving problems in the present • Therapy is brief • Therapist designs strategies • Change results when family follows therapist directions

  21. Goals of Therapy • Resolve presenting problem • Change Behavior • Shift family organization • Move family toward an appropriate stage of development

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