Becvar, D. S., & Becvar, R. J. (1999). Systems theory and family therapy: A primer (2nd ed.). Lanham, MD: University Press of America. ISBN 9780761812951
Systems theory and family therapy was written by Ray and Dorothy Becvar. The book was about the basic concepts of systems theory and its purpose in family therapy. The Becvars discussed the differences between modernism and postmodernism and the difference between first-order and second-order cybernetics. There was a discussions of constructivism and social constructionism, and they talked about the difficulties of these two perspectives in regards to the theory and practice of family therapy. What I took away from the reading and from Ray Becvar coming to visit was that our job as therapist …show more content…
The therapy focuses on assisting the step families and allowing the alliances to be used as a reference in therapy. The article then goes explain the 10 point approach of stepfamily therapy. The ten step were separated into three categories: Diagnostic steps, primary clinical interventions and Stepfamily Integration. The article then explained how steps 1-3 should always be completed before steps 4-10. After explaining what each step is the article goes into great detail to explain how to apply the 10 steps to your session with a step family. I enjoyed reading this article that Nick sent us. It allowed me to get a really good understanding of what stepfamily therapy is and why it is an important kind of therapy to learn. I felt like the article’s quality of reading was clear and easy to comprehend. I can see myself using these skills and do suggest that future MFT students read this article.
Frame, M. (2000). THE SPIRITUAL GENOGRAM IN FAMILY THERAPY. Journal Of Marital And Family Therapy, 26(2), 211-216. …show more content…
It started all the way from the late 20th century all the way to now. It stated how the passage was going to be about the belief that in order to understand American psychotherapy we must study the world. The chapter plans to highlight the important trends related to psychotherapy. Such as the implications of the history of the self in modern era, medical approaches to emotional ills, and humanist psychology, cognitive psychology, and family therapy. However like how the chapter talked about behaviorism and big business. It talked about how behaviorism was developed in applications more relevant to everyday life in the office and in factories. Personally, when I read about different theories relating to real life issues I remember it easier because I’m about to connect the real situation to the theory it’s related to. . It took some weight off of me knowing that I had another week to read the article. But, I will say that reading the article, wasn’t one of my favorites to read. I kept finding myself getting lost while reading and having to read paragraphs over to understand what the author was talking about. I felt like the word choice in the article was intense but I assume to be expect at this level. I feel like the history of psychotherapy is something we as therapist should know but I personally wouldn’t choose this book to read about it
Systems theory and family therapy was written by Ray and Dorothy Becvar. The book was about the basic concepts of systems theory and its purpose in family therapy. The Becvars discussed the differences between modernism and postmodernism and the difference between first-order and second-order cybernetics. There was a discussions of constructivism and social constructionism, and they talked about the difficulties of these two perspectives in regards to the theory and practice of family therapy. What I took away from the reading and from Ray Becvar coming to visit was that our job as therapist …show more content…
The therapy focuses on assisting the step families and allowing the alliances to be used as a reference in therapy. The article then goes explain the 10 point approach of stepfamily therapy. The ten step were separated into three categories: Diagnostic steps, primary clinical interventions and Stepfamily Integration. The article then explained how steps 1-3 should always be completed before steps 4-10. After explaining what each step is the article goes into great detail to explain how to apply the 10 steps to your session with a step family. I enjoyed reading this article that Nick sent us. It allowed me to get a really good understanding of what stepfamily therapy is and why it is an important kind of therapy to learn. I felt like the article’s quality of reading was clear and easy to comprehend. I can see myself using these skills and do suggest that future MFT students read this article.
Frame, M. (2000). THE SPIRITUAL GENOGRAM IN FAMILY THERAPY. Journal Of Marital And Family Therapy, 26(2), 211-216. …show more content…
It started all the way from the late 20th century all the way to now. It stated how the passage was going to be about the belief that in order to understand American psychotherapy we must study the world. The chapter plans to highlight the important trends related to psychotherapy. Such as the implications of the history of the self in modern era, medical approaches to emotional ills, and humanist psychology, cognitive psychology, and family therapy. However like how the chapter talked about behaviorism and big business. It talked about how behaviorism was developed in applications more relevant to everyday life in the office and in factories. Personally, when I read about different theories relating to real life issues I remember it easier because I’m about to connect the real situation to the theory it’s related to. . It took some weight off of me knowing that I had another week to read the article. But, I will say that reading the article, wasn’t one of my favorites to read. I kept finding myself getting lost while reading and having to read paragraphs over to understand what the author was talking about. I felt like the word choice in the article was intense but I assume to be expect at this level. I feel like the history of psychotherapy is something we as therapist should know but I personally wouldn’t choose this book to read about it