Multi-family therapy used in working with families with the problem of domestic violence

Abstract

rules and techniques of therapy multifamily therapy domestic violence Summary: The aim of this article is to familiarize the reader with the model of the multifamily therapy used in working with families with the problem of domestic violence. The inspiration to write this text was the authors' involvement in the European project EU's Daphne iii: Multi-Family Pack Training for Professionals Working with Abusive and Violent high risk Families (MFT-V), aimed at developing the manual and training materials for professionals engaged in family therapy, for families in which violence against children was identified. The project used the experiences of multifamily therapy at Marlborough Family Center in London, the Center that for many decades creatively develops this concept of therapy and has particular experience in conducting complex interactions to families with the problem of violence. The Marlborough Family Center model, which is based on systemic therapy and psychodynamic group therapy approach, is the use of psychotherapy sessions in groups consisting of parents and children. During this psychotherapy sessions multiple techniques, including workshop techniques are used to facilitate difficult problems in family relationships. The experiences of the London team, due to its originality, may be found interesting by therapeutic teams, not only those facing the problem of violence in the family. Celem artykułu jest przybliżenie modelu terapii wielorodzinnej zastosowanego w pracy z rodzinami z problemem przemocy, sprawdzonego w Marlborough Family Center w Londynie, ośrodku, który od wielu lat rozwija tę metodę terapii. Bazuje ona na terapii systemowej i psychodynamicznej terapii grupowej, obejmuje równocześnie kilka rodzin, w których dochodzi do przepracowania trudnych, traumatycznych problemów w relacjach rodzinnych. Autorzy opracowania rekomendują tę formę terapii w naszym kraju i uważają, że zasługuje ona na podjęcie systematycznych szkoleń i włączenia jej następnie do praktyki terapeutycznej.

Evidence base for Multiple Family Therapy (MFT) in non‐psychiatric conditions and problems: a review (part 2)

“…Several well‐known MFT programmes have addressed family violence and maltreatment (see Asen and Scholz, ; Jozefik, ), but very few have systematically evaluated the effectiveness of their interventions. Within the framework of a full‐time institutional MFT programme, the Marlborough Family Service in London treated 107 abusing families over a period of four years (Asen et al ., ), but only percentages of family reunification (63 per cent) or permanent separation (37 per cent) after three to five months of treatment were reported.…”