All in the Family

is the first emotion after an event, like a surprise. Secondary emotions can be long term, like regret. 2. Of all the family therapies that you learned about this semester, which one resonates with you the most and why? How could you implement this theory into your practice with families? Solution-Focused and Solution-Oriented Therapy resonates with me the most out of all the family therapies. I like these theories because they are brief. I like using the scaling and the miracle question…

1960’s, Loraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun tells the story of an ambitious family man living in the ghetto without money, trust, or his wife’s support. Ruth and Walter both share dreams to better their lives although Walter may have a very different idea in mind. She focuses on her family first while he dreams of a lifestyle that could possibly work but there would not be any guarantee. Every member of the Younger family has an individual dream but they struggle to attain these throughout…

was led by Charles Manson, and labeled the Manson Family Cult, is arguably one of the most infamous. One of the definitions of a cult at dictionary.com is “a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader” which describes the group led by Charles Manson (Dictionary.com). Formed in the turbulent late sixties, the Manson Family Cult coalesced around the charismatic Charles…

a time for families to get together and celebrate. It consists of many different events than the American New Year. There are many traditions of the Chinese New Year that are celebrated by many families, and Amy Tan’s book “Fish Cheeks” does a good job of representing this culture. Chinese New Year is a very important celebration in China that happens every year; it includes many traditions and many different types of food. One famous tradition that is really important to many families is to…

Family life in my community. Introduction Families are like branches on a tree, family members all grow in different directions yet the roots remain as one. As one of my favorite quotes by Scoot King states, that ‘The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members and families”. Family is a complex word to define, because it differs from culture to culture and society to society within one country. One definition provided by White paper on…

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry tells us a story about a struggling black family dealing with a move during the 1950s in Chicago. Lorraine Hansberry pinpoints the struggles this family was facing due to race, gender, and class. Being an African American family in the 1950s went through many hardships and they were segregated based on their economic standing. Even today we still face many problems with poverty . The problems of poverty and economic stature depicted in this story…

She has a very strong, loving, and supportive family, but over the past three years even all that wasn’t enough. Four years ago was when the nightmares started and symptoms associated with depression started to surface. It took approximately a year for her family to get accepted or qualified for her to receive any case management services because they do not fall into the “typical” categories. Over the course of that year, Natalie’s family and friends all noticed that her attitude, perspectives,…

recovery during two extremely difficult times in history. Both go along with the theme that family will always be there for you, even during the hardest times. Ishmael Beah, the protagonist in A Long Way Gone, continually yearned for connection and desperately wanted to know where his family had gone, if they were alive, and if he would ever see them again. His struggles were a prime example of the theme, that family will always be there for you, even during the hardest times. After being…

delirium and the unnatural ICU environment (Ullman and all, 2014). These experiences impact on a patient’s recovery from critical illness and may result in both physical and psychological disorders (Ullman…

Rather than seeing family roles as pre-existing and given structures that are simply accepted, this school of thought focuses on the meanings and lived experience associated with those roles and how they are constructed through interaction (McLennan, 2000). When relating symbolic…