With the family being as large as it is a co-therapist may be needed in this process. It is important to always begin with joining or therapeutic alliance. Gaining the trust of the clients earlier on in the process will enhance the effectiveness of therapy. Once therapeutic alliance or joining has been established, the next step is identifying subsystems, patterns of behaviors, and detrimental processes. The family has several subsystems within it. However, I will just focus on Viola, Cecil, Charlene, Janelle, Paris, and Lewis in which are the mother, father, and the four children. The subsystems consisting of these family members would be spouses, parental, and siblings. Even though there are problems within the families of the children, the hope of Viola is to bring her children and husband back together. It is apparent that the conflict of the family has caused problems in the families of the children in which patterns are continuing to be passed into the next
With the family being as large as it is a co-therapist may be needed in this process. It is important to always begin with joining or therapeutic alliance. Gaining the trust of the clients earlier on in the process will enhance the effectiveness of therapy. Once therapeutic alliance or joining has been established, the next step is identifying subsystems, patterns of behaviors, and detrimental processes. The family has several subsystems within it. However, I will just focus on Viola, Cecil, Charlene, Janelle, Paris, and Lewis in which are the mother, father, and the four children. The subsystems consisting of these family members would be spouses, parental, and siblings. Even though there are problems within the families of the children, the hope of Viola is to bring her children and husband back together. It is apparent that the conflict of the family has caused problems in the families of the children in which patterns are continuing to be passed into the next