Rejoinder: Looking High and Low

Wendorf, Robert J.; Wendorf, Donald J.

doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.1985.00457.x

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“…Fifth, it is important to clarify why it is unhelpful to disqualify Kohut's psychological formulation of the transmission of violence on the grounds that it is lineal. Some family therapists (for example, 44) seem to think that it is systemically unacceptable to say that parents have a lineal effect upon their children. According to this view, it is systemically inaccurate to say that (a) violent parents cause their children to be violent (as is suggested by the literature on family violence), (b) exploitative parents produce destructive entitlement in their offspring (as is claimed by Boszormenyi‐Nagy), or (c) nonempathic parents produce narcissistically damaged children (as is claimed by Kohut).…”

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Violence and the Systemic View: The Problem of Power

Dell

1989

Family Process

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Violence is a strikingly lineal concept that is difficult to address from a systemic perspective. Bateson's epistemological disqualification of the concept of power is often understood to imply a corresponding systemic disqualification of the concept of violence. This position is examined in light of recent feminist criticism. It is argued that (a) violence and power belong essentially to the domain of human experience and (b) human experience cannot be invalidated by theory. Accordingly, it is suggested that the (appropriate) invalidation of power and violence in the domain of systemic explanation should probably be understood both as a deliberate choice that necessarily follows from adopting a systemic perspective, and as a fundamental limitation of that perspective. In neither case, however, should the systemic view be considered to be a valid disqualification of the human experience of violence and power.

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Violence and the Systemic View: The Problem of Power

Dell

1989

Family Process

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“…The focus of treatment is the family interaction which ostensibly gave rise to, or at least is responsible for perpetuating, the presenting problem in the so-called identified patient.While it is undoubtedly true that some behaviors in individuals referred for treatment are a direct response to difficult family relations, recent writings suggest that the etiological theory that underlies the concept of the identified patient has been overgeneralized. Populations treated with family therapies that subscribe to the identified patient concept have included: (a) the families of persons in whom neurophysiological deficits or physical illnesses are a major component of emotional or behavioral symptoms (Johnson, 1980a;Wendorf & Wendorf, 1985a, 1985b; (b) families whose unhelpful interactions among members are a direct response to noxious environmental conditions or situations (Briar…”

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Biologically Based Deficit in the Identified Patient: Indications for Psychoeducational Strategies

Johnson

1987

J Marital Family Therapy

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The phrase “identified patient” has attracted a wide following among family therapists representing a variety of approaches to family therapy. It is based on the assumption that persons referred for psychotherapeutic treatment are often incorrectly labeled “patients” when, in fact, their symptoms are manifestations of family, not individual, dysfunction or pathology. It is the thesis of this article that when biologically based deficits in the identified patient are a salient determinant of interpersonal dysfunction, such reframing is inappropriate. Psycho‐educational strategies for treating families of persons with such physically based conditions as learning disability, attention deficit disorder, epilepsy, autism, and various medical illnesses and handicaps, are recommended.

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An Integrated Approach to Family Therapy Training for Psychiatric Residents

1990

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Unlike nonmedical family therapists, psychiatric family therapists are able to evaluate and treat both the biological and psychosocial components of a problem. They can integrate knowledge of biology, psychopharmacology and individual psychodynamics with family systems theory and family therapy skills. A family therapy training program is presented as a model which prepares psychiatric residents for this unique role. This model emphasizes the importance of having psychiatrists as family therapy teachers, the use of both systems and psychodynamic perspectives in teaching about families, and the principle of presenting concepts and interventive techniques at successively greater levels of difficulty. Illustrative examples are presented. A minimum of two years of family therapy training and supervision is recommended during a four year residency program.

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Rejoinder: Looking High and Low

Cited by 5 publications

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Violence and the Systemic View: The Problem of Power

Violence and the Systemic View: The Problem of Power

Biologically Based Deficit in the Identified Patient: Indications for Psychoeducational Strategies

An Integrated Approach to Family Therapy Training for Psychiatric Residents

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