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STUDY GUIDE AND INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT TO ACCOMPANY VIDEO TAPE “PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH THE EXPERTS” FEATURING KENNETH V. HARDY Jon Carlson Diane Kjos Governors State University University Park, IL FAMILY SYSTEMS THERAPY with Kenneth V. Hardy Introduction This video is one in a series portraying the leading theories of psychotherapy and their application. This series presents the predominant theories and how they are practiced. Each video in the series features a leading practitioner and educator in the field of counseling or psychotherapy. The series is unique in that it features real clients with real problems. During the course of the series these clients bring up a number of issues with the therapists. A theory is a framework that helps us understand something or explains how something works. Just as there are many different people and personalities, there are different theories of understanding how people live and how change occurs, each with its own guidelines for understanding and procedures for operation. The primary differences between these theories are related to the relative importance each theory places on cognitive (thinking), behavioral (doing), and affective (feeling) factors. Each theory has devotees who think and act as the theory prescribes in order to help people change their lives. Certain theories explain certain phenomena better than others. The individual counselor or psychotherapist needs to develop his or her own approach to helping others with problems of an emotional, behavioral, or cognitive nature. Specific objectives in therapy include (1) removing, modifying, or retarding existing symptoms, (2) mediating disturbed patterns of behavior, and (3) promoting positive personality growth and development. The video begins with a brief discussion with the practitioner concerning the theory. We then move to the actual counseling session. After the session, 1 Hardy discusses the session with Jon Carlson, Diane Kjos, and an audience made up of counselors, graduate students, and counselor educators. Because the video series contains actual counseling interviews, professional integrity is required to protect the confidentiality of the clients who have courageously shared their personal lives with us. Purpose The series is designed for pre-professional training in graduate and undergraduate classes in counseling theory. Students will learn about the theory and watch a leading practitioner work with a client in a “first session” interview. The series is also appropriate for workshops or individual study for the professional development of practicing counselors, social workers, clinical psychologists, or psychotherapists. Professionals will learn from the practitioner by gaining new ideas and insights which can be helpful in working with current or future clients. How to Use the Video 1. As a stand alone activity for professional development or orientation to Family Systems Therapy. If you are using the video this way, it might be helpful to first read about Family Systems Therapy. See page 29 of this guide for a list of suggested readings. Or, you may wish to watch the video, read about the theory and then watch the video a second time. As you watch the video, note the questions included on the enclosed test. This will help you identify key points related to this theory. If you wish continuing education credit, complete the test and submit it as directed. 2. As an integral part of a course in counseling theory with the textbook, student study guide and instructor’s guide. The text by Jon Carlson and Diane 2 Kjos (1998), Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon with accompanying Study Guide to Counseling and Psychotherapy, and Instructor’s Guide to Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy, published by Allyn & Bacon of Needham Heights, Massachusetts, are coordinated with the video tapes and can assist in guiding the student through the learning process, including key concepts, application, and techniques. 3. As an adjunct in classes to demonstrate a practical application of Family Systems Therapy or to demonstrate specific interventions and techniques. Guidelines and suggested discussion topics will be included in Carlson and Kjos (1998), Instructor’s Guide to Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. 4. As a basis for a series of class sections or a workshop for either professional development or counselor education. You may choose to use all or parts of the video to support specific teaching objectives. Suggestions for scheduling, discussion questions and other activities will be included in Carlson and Kjos (1998), Instructor’s Guide to Introduction to Counseling and Psychotherapy, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Family Systems Therapy with Kenneth V. Hardy Kenneth Hardy is an associate professor in the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Syracuse University and is the director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Summer Institute at Syracuse. He received his doctorate in marriage and family therapy from Florida State University. He served as Deputy Director and Acting Executive Director of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and as a program director for mental health services. Hardy has had numerous publications in journals related to marital and family therapy and is a popular and well-respected presenter and speaker on issues 3 of family, multiculturalism and oppression. He is active in several professional associations including the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the National Council on Family Relations and the American Family Therapy Academy. Learning Objectives 1. Identify theoretical concepts which are descriptive of Family Systems Therapy. 2. Recognize specific interventions or techniques related to Family Systems Therapy. 3. Describe the range of applications of Family Systems Therapy. Abstract of Family Systems Therapy Video This video is approximately 115 minutes long and is divided into three parts: Part I: Introduction of the theory with Jon Carlson, Diane Kjos, and Ken Hardy (25 min). Part II: An initial therapy session with Ken Hardy and Phil where Ken helps Phil explore his relationships (50 min). Part III: Discussion of the therapy session with Jon Carlson, Diane Kjos, Ken Hardy, and a panel of human service professionals and graduate students (40 min). Transcript TH 1 Well, thank you for coming in, and I assume that since you were willing to come in that you had some bug you’re wrestling with or concern that I’m sure you 4 want to talk about. I was just wondering if you would give me some sense of what that is. CL 1 What that is today? TH 2 Yes. CL 2 I don’t know, uh, just my relationship with my wife has been fairly intense so to speak lately. She, I need to give a little background. We’re both in a 12 step program, and we went to a conference up in Madison, Wisconsin this past weekend, and she kind of got the awakening that she wasn’t really working a good program or, you know, living the steps or whatever you want to call it, and she, I picked her up from work, and she dropped me off here, and then she went on her way today, but like everything I was saying, no matter what it was, like was either too loud or too this or too that. It just wasn’t quite acceptable for her. Like anything I said it seemed like would you stop, you know, and it was like getting frustrated without saying too much back. So that was kind of something that was a little unnerving today. TH 3 Now is this a part of your, you know, normal dynamic, or was today . CL 3 Um, not to this extent, let me put it that way. Sometimes like after, she is a teacher, so she has a fairly intense day, and then if I’m loud or intense, she usually asks me to tone it down a little bit, and then you know, but today she was argumentative today and wanted to get in an argument, and I didn’t really want to so, that’s, I just was keeping quiet, and in the act of keeping quiet, I was like 5 missing questions and stuff like that. Like she would ask me some questions, and I wouldn’t answer and then that would irritate her. It seemed like it was a fairly irritable situation today, and I don’t know. She actually went to her therapist today after she dropped me off, so it was nice to be able to come here and share with somebody something. TH 4 Do you ever go to her therapist with her? CL 4 We used to. We used to live in Madison, and she went to therapy and then I started going to therapy while we were engaged, and then we did some couples’ therapy with both therapists, but this is a new therapist for her here, and I haven’t even met her yet. TH 5 And how long have you been married? CL 5 A little over a year and a half. TH 6 And this bickering you sort of referred to it, how long has that been with the two of you? CL 6 It has probably been with us longer than we’ve been married. I mean it built up, it’s a, we use it as a means of communication sometimes, and it doesn’t, I don’t know how healthy it is, but it usually doesn’t get out of hand, but today I felt like it was invading on some of my rights to speak or you know, I felt like it would have been better if I wasn’t in the car, but I needed to get here, so. You know, she goes through these phases and she’ll talk to whoever she needs to talk to, you know, whether it’s a friend, sponsor, therapist or whatever.