“MCFT”: Simultaneous Treatment of Several Families

Inter- and intrafamily interaction in multifamily group therapy

“…Hence, healthier modes of interacting through increased contact with and feedback from peers is more likely to occur. This lends support to the Blinder et al (1965) view that families in MFGT are more able to relate to one another in different, and presumably healthier ways than they can achieve within their own families.…”

Multiple Family Group Therapy: A Review of the Literature

“…Its use has been reported in a general, community hospital (23,24,34), in a state psychiatric hospital (48,49,50), and in private psychiatric hospitals (10,19,33,59). Its use has been reported in a general, community hospital (23,24,34), in a state psychiatric hospital (48,49,50), and in private psychiatric hospitals (10,19,33,59).…”

“…The group will still experience difficulty bringing forth "loaded material" but often the "family contract of silence" will be broken by a patient from another family who knows much about that family and can safely reveal it (10). The group will still experience difficulty bringing forth "loaded material" but often the "family contract of silence" will be broken by a patient from another family who knows much about that family and can safely reveal it (10).…”

“…"In a metaphorical sense, each family unit is part of a large family created by the therapists" (10). Significant reality-testing goes on over issues of guilt, blame, marital relations and responsibility, family roles, authority, dependency, and love-hate objects.…”

Multiple family therapy en familiediscussiegroep

“…Deze sociale babbel vermindert gevoelens van angst, schuld en hulpeloosheid en cree¨ert een zekere veiligheid in de groep waardoor de groepsleden zich meer op hun gemak voelen. Vaak is er in deze fase een patie¨ntenronde waarin aan de groepsleden gevraagd wordt hoe de patie¨nten het maken (Blinder, Colman, Cury & Kessler, 1965;Donner & Gamson, 1968).…”