Bowen family therapy is focused on building the family’s awareness of their responses and interactions with others. The therapist aims to assist each member uncover their ownership in the problem rather than passing blame on to others. They also explore family patterns and utilize tools such as a genogram to assess behavior, problems, and relationship dynamics. The therapist also assists the family in search for those who are self-differentiated, emotional triangles, multigenerational emotional processes, emotional cutoffs and societal emotional processes. The therapist avoids taking sides and encourages each member to take responsibility for improvement (Nicolas, 2013).
Structural therapy aims to re-organize the structure within a family in order to assist the family with managing their problem. The therapist refrains from problem solving and allows the family the opportunity to problem solve as a byproduct of re-establishing boundaries and subsystems. The therapist joins the …show more content…
As well as his family now is reacting to him. The Bowen Family model may have been more effective for the Taylor family. The young children as well as the adults may have benefited from the use of a visual aid, like the genogram. Bowen family therapy would have given Carl and Rosalyn more insight on the way their behavior may be affecting Earl’s. The family would have the opportunity to come to their own conclusions rather than the therapist pointing out the areas of improvement, as seen in Aponte’s structural family therapy video. In regards to my own skills, I feel that the Bowen family therapy would allow me to refrain from subjectivity. Additionally, I feel comfortable focusing on the family’s awareness of the systems they are a part of and their interactions/ behaviors patterns that are contributing to the
Structural therapy aims to re-organize the structure within a family in order to assist the family with managing their problem. The therapist refrains from problem solving and allows the family the opportunity to problem solve as a byproduct of re-establishing boundaries and subsystems. The therapist joins the …show more content…
As well as his family now is reacting to him. The Bowen Family model may have been more effective for the Taylor family. The young children as well as the adults may have benefited from the use of a visual aid, like the genogram. Bowen family therapy would have given Carl and Rosalyn more insight on the way their behavior may be affecting Earl’s. The family would have the opportunity to come to their own conclusions rather than the therapist pointing out the areas of improvement, as seen in Aponte’s structural family therapy video. In regards to my own skills, I feel that the Bowen family therapy would allow me to refrain from subjectivity. Additionally, I feel comfortable focusing on the family’s awareness of the systems they are a part of and their interactions/ behaviors patterns that are contributing to the