Family Therapy: A View

Beels, C. Christian; Ferber, Andrew

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1969.00280.x

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“…While family psychotherapists agree that the goal of therapy is family system change leading to the satisfactory functioning of the family as a whole, they diverge on technique and rationale for doing so (2). Psychoanalytically oriented therapists (Framo, 6; Paul, 12) give central importance to eliciting, and working through, attitudes and feelings of parents about relationships in their families of origin.…”

Section: Contributing Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Interpersonal Communication to Troubled Families

et al. 1974

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Assumptions family members make about each other exert considerable influence on communication in families. Rigidly held assumptions restrict the flow of information, reinforcing counterproductive behavioral patterns. Combining psychoanalytic and structural components, this paper offers a new approach to family intervention that addresses itself to the exchange of information within troubled families. Groups of families convene for a series of camping weekends. The shared life experience in a recreational setting plus the use of a teaching model help family members to break through rigid conceptualizations of themselves and others. In following the observational model, which slows down and fosters reciprocation in communication, family members pursue the following steps: (a) observe each other; (b) compare notes with a co‐observer; (c) share observations with those observed; and (d) receive feedback from the observed.

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“…In an excellent review of the clinical literature of family therapy, Beels and Ferber (3) identify a further series of differences in family therapy approaches when they divide techniques into those in which the therapists enter the family as conductors and those in which the therapists enter as reactors. Conductors are active and intrusive, speak more frequently during a session than any family member and, in general, offer a compelling and vigorous leadership.…”

Section: Defining Family Treatmentmentioning

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The Results of Family Therapy: A Critical Review of the Literature

Wells

Dilkes

Trivelli³

1972

Family Process

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A search was conducted in the family therapy literature for studied which reported on the outcome of family therapy. It was difficult to find any consensus on a definition of family therapy. Therefore an arbitrary definition, involving the predominant use of joint and family interviews, was stipulated. A total of eighteen studies met minimal standards for inclusion and were summarized and discussed in this paper. Only two of these studies could be considered adequate in their research design; the remainder of the studies were (with one borderline exception) considered inadequate. The clinical evaluations of family therapy were summarized and possible methods and goals for future research into the outcome of family therapy are discussed.

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“…This is an un answerable question at this time since there Vol. 18,No. 3 are no codified approaches in family therapy -a state of affairs no different from any other form of therapy.…”

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“…There is something chilly about the idea of the therapist as trick ster, as presented in their theory, and we have found it hard to recognize this in their warm and concerned work with actual families." (3) This aspect of covert manipulation is one which bears much thought and discussion for it is of central importance in all psychotherapies. All therapy involves some degree of manipulation, some of which is implicit and much of it is explicit.…”

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State of the Art — 1973

Epstein

Bishop

1973

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal

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In summary, it can be said that progress is being made in the field, but slowly. The ‘art’ is vigorous, vital and exciting. The ranks of family therapists are swelling and they are coming from backgrounds of different theoretical persuasions and with varying degrees of sophistication in their training and education. This mélange does lead to excitement and turbulence but often detracts from the necessary rigour that a scientific discipline must develop in order to reach maturity. Systems theory allows for easy conceptualization of one another's behaviour in the system, and permits a much clearer understanding of the therapeutic process based upon it, in contrast to therapeutic approaches based on other models. The authors found negotiation to be therapeutically effective when made explicit. In addition they place the focus on the ‘here and now’ and encourage the increased labeling by family members of interactions (affective and behavioural) and their effects (affective and behavioural), according to the Family Categories Schema previously referred to. Efforts are directed especially towards dealing with the current resistances to problem solutions. Epstein et al. have reported on an ongoing program of research which attempts to examine the process and outcome of family therapy (7,10,21,22,25,26). What is needed now is a more rigorous approach to research and the development of a necessary theoretical base in order that a more systematic and scientific approach can be developed for treating families.

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Family Therapy: A View

Cited by 83 publications

References 31 publications

Teaching Interpersonal Communication to Troubled Families

Teaching Interpersonal Communication to Troubled Families

The Results of Family Therapy: A Critical Review of the Literature

State of the Art — 1973

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