Changes in Family Equilibrium During Psychotherapy

Glasser, Paul H.

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1963.00245.x

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“…This has been the subject of some interest in the group (4,11,41,76) and family (28,36,63) literature, as well as those describing their experience with MFGT. This has been the subject of some interest in the group (4,11,41,76) and family (28,36,63) literature, as well as those describing their experience with MFGT.…”

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“…Like all standing organizations, groups develop over time, evolve internal forms, rules, and structures, and pass from a gathering to a group. This has been the subject of some interest in the group (4,11,41,76) and family (28,36,63) literature, as well as those describing their experience with MFGT. The number of precise developmental stages vary with each author, often depending upon whether he has focused on the group or the family.…”

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Multiple Family Group Therapy: A Review of the Literature

Strelnick

1977

Family Process

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This review focuses upon multiple family group therapy, its origin in the intersection of family and group therapies, its use in a variety of settings, its specific techniques and group development in individual and ongoing meetings, its goals and dominant themes, its parallels in family and group work. Also discussed are evaluation of outcome of this therapy modality and those dynamics thought to contribute to family change. Areas for further investigation are outlined.

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Multiple Family Group Therapy: A Review of the Literature

Strelnick

1977

Family Process

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“…Redl (20) has pointed out that resistance is an unavoidable process in every effective treat~ent, and that the part of the personality which has an interest in the survival of the pathology will protest when change approaches. Change may be even more threatening to the family as a unit than to the individual (4,5,6), even when the family is not directly involved in the therapy (10,19).…”

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Family Therapy Drop-Outs: Resistance to Change

Solomon

1969

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal

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This paper presents an analysis of resistance to change in family therapy — a concept central to the understanding of drop-outs. The resistances used were categorized as Resistance to Therapy, Resistance to Interaction and Family Specific Resistances. Family behaviour was conceptualized as governed by homeodynamic patterns, self-reinforcing modes of interaction in which the primary emphasis is on the preservation of stability. Five families who dropped out of therapy after up to 17 sessions were described in detail. They had consulted for psychiatric symptoms presented by one or more children, and were treated by the author in weekly conjoint family sessions. The dynamic interplay of resistance and change was apparent in all five cases where family members resisted working through the marital conflict, and disrupted treatment when imminent change in the husband-wife relationship was perceived as a threat to family stability. The discussion dealt with the crucial role of the parental couple's strengths and weaknesses as a prognostic indicator, the importance of re-assessing treatment goals after the family is fully engaged in therapy, and the role of the therapist in provoking drop-out. In addition, the drop-outs were compared to families who remained in therapy.

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“…Even if the spouse is considered routinely as a part of treatment, or even as a subject of research, the nature of the findings may well be related to the time at which the observations are made. Glasser (5) noted that negative contagion was found in the families during periods of disequilibrium, while there was a positive spread of treatment effects to other family members during periods of re‐equilibrium. Thus, care must be taken to assure that any effects which are observed are not simply the result of the time chosen for investigation.…”

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“…In a unique effort to explore the effects of intensive, long term psychotherapy on the family, Glasser (5) conducted an intensive study of three families during the course of treatment. The methods of study were case-study oriented and included interviews with individual family members (most often with the spouse), home visits with the family as a group, regular conferences with the therapist, and clinic chart records.…”

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The Effect of Psychotherapy on the Spouse

Fox¹

1968

Family Process

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Changes in Family Equilibrium During Psychotherapy

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Multiple Family Group Therapy: A Review of the Literature

Multiple Family Group Therapy: A Review of the Literature

Family Therapy Drop-Outs: Resistance to Change

The Effect of Psychotherapy on the Spouse

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