Family therapy

Keeping Children Involved in Family Therapy Children who live in healthy environments know and expect that their basic needs will be met. For example, a child knows that a parent will give him or her food when hungry. Even a baby learns that crying will result in the end of discomfort from a wet diaper. Their world and those in it serve to meet their needs and frequently their wants. What children learn and know about the people in their lives is contingent upon their caregivers and the…

Summary of Case This family consists of BJ (65), Jing (40), Paige (16), and Sunny (14). BJ is Jing’s father, and he recently moved in with Jing and her two children. Initially Jing came in for individually therapy; however, because her stress and depression seemed so related to difficulties going on at home, the whole family decided to start therapy. The intake mentioned that BJ’s wife died eight months ago, and that he moved in with Jing and her children six weeks ago. It also mentioned that…

The five chapters that I read from Ethnicity and Family Therapy (McGoldrick, Giordano & Garcia-Preto, 2005) where about Native Americans, Native Hawaiian families, British West Indian families, and Haitian families (2-4 & 8-9 chapters). I was very excited about this assignment and very much enjoyed reading about these cultures. Any and all details I can learn about Native Americans I find really enjoyable. These details will help me with my current job as well. In the Native American…

interventions meant to be helpful can be harmful: Family or Couples Counseling Family or couples counseling can be helpful when relationships damaged by addiction are worth saving. The addict may genuinely want to improve relationships and make changes. However, the addict may also agree to attend family or couples counseling to forestall having to face the consequences of his or her actions. Family therapy can divide rather than strengthen families. Fathers push addicts showing them the front…

“What the girl does in her free time?”, “What is her first memory?” In this case I would probably use the special long-term program. The father also should visit the family therapist. According to Gladding (2010), it is important for all the members of the family to take part in the therapy, as the therapist cannot examine the family patterns correctly without…

years old. Mrs. Smith works part-time as an LVN at a local hospital and he stays away from home 4 out of 7 nights since he works 2 hours away. They used to be very involved in their local church. Mr. and Mrs. Smith state that they are coming to therapy because of their son John who has frequent temper tantrums and refuses to listen to simple instructions. Mrs. Smith reports that John’s most recent outburst occurred while she was driving the car and he threw his water bottle into the front…

potential (HS 421 - Bellevue University, 2018) is understandable, it is not naturally achievable without help. Virginia Satir’s models and theories of family therapy can be within the family structure by addressing a person’s actions, emotions, and perceptions as they relate to that person’s dynamic within the family unit (Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy, 2016) that is designed to create change and leave a lasting impression. Satir’s model is used to readjust one’s own self through…

Matthew’s father believed that women should not work, instead stay home and raise the children. Matthew adopted his father’s ways of raising his own family. Matthew works full time as a police officer. He and his wife, who is addicted to prescription drugs, are going through a divorce and custody battle. Matthew has been mandated to have therapy sessions for the stress of his job, divorce, and custody battle. Matthew states that his “kids are upset that their mother has been arrested for drugs…

Family therapy, as its name implies, involves participation from all members of a family, irrespective of whether it is nuclear or extended family. This form of psychotherapy is sometimes conducted by two therapists or a team of them. Some family therapy is based on behavioural principles, but they are mostly based on family systems theory which considers the whole family as the unit of treatment. Key emphasis are more towards relationships and communication patterns, rather than symptoms or…

Bowen family systems therapy is based on Murray Bowen's family systems theory which conceptualizes the family as "an emotional unit, a network of interlocking relationships, best understood when analyzed within a multigenerational or historical framework" (Goldenberg, Stanton & Goldenberg, 2017, p. 191). Bowen believed that individuals are inseparable from their network of family relations. He also believed that generations of family functioning impact and explain current family functions. The…