Basic Family Therapy

Barker, Philip; Chang, Jeff

doi:10.1002/9781118624944

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“…In Extract Mr Niles illustrates to Steve that the therapy is working for his ‘benefit’ as well as that of the parents. These notions are consistent with the general aims of family therapy, where the goal is to promote the positive functioning of the family (Barker, ). Operating together as a family and working together as parents as part of the outcomes of therapy are in some ways endorsed by the therapist.…”

Section: Part Two: Orienting To the Purpose And Outcomes Of Family Thsupporting

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‘We're here to get you sorted’: parental perceptions of the purpose, progression and outcomes of family therapy

O’Reilly

2013

Journal of Family Therapy

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This article reports research on family therapy interactions. The research uses discourse analysis to explore the ways in which parents construct their reasons for requiring family therapy, the outcomes they desire from it and orientations to their progress. The analysis suggests that parents often position their child as the problem and this is something that is rarely challenged or questioned by the child. Parents express a desired outcome of ‘fixing’ the child and highlight this as what they believe the purpose of family therapy to be. During therapy they emphasize their progression and consider improvements in family functioning. By understanding parental perceptions we can move research forward in understanding engagement in therapy and attrition, and integrate guidelines on service improvements with what parents feel is beneficial. Practitioner points Parents manage their presence in family therapy in many ways and typically position the child as the reason for their attendance. Offering the child some time alone with the therapist has potential to uncover the child's perspectives on goals and outcomes which may be inhibited by parental presence. Anticipating that the child may be described in derogatory or negative ways at the start can help the therapist to reframe the problem in more helpful ways.

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Section: Part Two: Orienting To the Purpose And Outcomes Of Family Thsupporting

confidence: 72%

‘We're here to get you sorted’: parental perceptions of the purpose, progression and outcomes of family therapy

O’Reilly

2013

Journal of Family Therapy

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“…James Framo argues that family problems are usually rooted in Marriage Systems. The identity and quality of a marital relationship is influenced by the familial relationships within the families of husband and wife, specially the degree to which their conflicts are resolved (Barker, 2007). It is, therefore, plausible to conclude that those experienced the training, had been able to improve their marital status and thus their relationships with spouse's relatives and friends.…”

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The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training on Marital Conflicts and its Different Aspects in Women

Tavakolizadeh

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Soori

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of communication skills training on marital conflicts and its aspects in married women who referred to health centers of Gonabad in 2013. At this experimental study with pretest-posttest design and control group, Sixty married women, who have referred to health centers of Gonabad city, had been randomly selected and distributed in two groups as case and control. First, the pretest was administered for both groups. The pretest was consisted of a questionnaire on demographic information, communication skills and marital conflicts. Then the case group was presented with ten 45-minute sessions on communication skills. At the end of trainings, which lasted for 2 weeks, both groups filled the questionnaires. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20 and independent and paired T-tests. The results showed In comparison to control group, communication skills training significantly reduces marital conflicts in case group (P=0.001). These trainings had also significantly influenced the five aspects of marital conflicts of case group including cooperation (P=0.048), sexual relationship (P=0.001), emotional reactions (P=0.019), personal communication with relatives (P=0.033) and familial communication with spouse relatives and friends (P=0.20), but did not influence the other 2 aspects which are children support (P=0.13) and financial issues (P=0.12). Regarding the impact of communication skills training on marital conflicts, it is recommended to train the women with marital conflicts with communication skills.

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“…Children are active participants in the family therapy context and thus normatively the therapist has some responsibility for taking steps to ensure that the child can express their views (Barker, 1998). In this extract the therapist orients to this normative framework by highlighting the relevance of multi-party contributions, including those from Daniel.…”

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‘Gossiping’ as a social action in family therapy: The pseudo-absence and pseudo-presence of children

Parker

O’Reilly

2012

Discourse Studies

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Basic Family Therapy

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‘We're here to get you sorted’: parental perceptions of the purpose, progression and outcomes of family therapy

‘We're here to get you sorted’: parental perceptions of the purpose, progression and outcomes of family therapy

The Effectiveness of Communication Skills Training on Marital Conflicts and its Different Aspects in Women

‘Gossiping’ as a social action in family therapy: The pseudo-absence and pseudo-presence of children

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