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Going Home Again: a Family of Origin Approach to Individual Therapy
Head Office 30 Grosvenor Street, Neutral Bay, NSW 2089 Ph: 02 9904 5600 Fax: 02 9904 5611 Coming to grips with family systems theory in a [email protected] collaborative, learning environment. http://www.thefsi.com.au Going Home Again: A family of origin approach to individual therapy The paper was originally published in Psychotherapy in Australia Vol.14 No.1 pp. 12-18. SYNOPSIS: Family therapy with an individual and the relevance of family of origin themes are not new topics in the psychotherapy world. However the richness and depth of Dr Murray Bowen’s family systems and multigenerational approach to working with an individual has only been given scant attention in the Australasian context. Bowen’s theory retains a strong following and solid research attention in parts of North America. In this article the author explores Bowen’s model as it is applied to individual psychotherapy. Distinctions are made with traditional individual therapy where the in-session therapeutic relationship is the vehicle for change in contrast to Bowen’s focus on the natural system of the client’s own family. To illustrate, a case example of the author’s own experience of family of origin coaching when grieving the loss of her parents will be described. This will illustrate the beginnings of reworking a narrow caretaking role amongst siblings to a more multidimensional role of welcoming help from others. The impact of this shift on the author’s clinical work will be explored. When a family systems framework is referred to in the psychotherapy field it is most often thought of as an approach to working with the family group to address a relational problem or a symptom in a child. -
The Essentials of Family Therapy
THE ESSENTIALS OF AMILY HERAPY F T A01_NICH8097_07_SE_FM.indd 1 30/01/2019 04:37 A01_NICH8097_07_SE_FM.indd 2 30/01/2019 04:37 Seventh Edition THE ESSENTIALS OF FAMILY THERAPY Michael P. Nichols College of William and Mary Sean D. Davis Alliant University A01_NICH8097_07_SE_FM.indd 3 30/01/2019 04:37 Director and Publisher: Kevin M. Davis Cover Cover Photo: LazingBee/Getty Images Portfolio Manager: Rebecca Fox-Gieg Editorial Production and Composition Services: Content Producer: Pamela D. Bennett Pearson CSC Media Producer: Lauren Carlson Editorial Project Manager: Pearson CSC, Portfolio Management Assistant: Maria Feliberty Noribeth Santos Executive Field Marketing Manager: Krista Clark Full-Service Project Manager: Pearson CSC, Executive Product Marketing Manager: Billu Suresh Christopher Barry Printer/Binder: LSC Communications, Inc./Willard Procurement Specialist: Deidra Headlee Cover Printer: Phoenix Color/Hagerstown Cover Designer: Pearson CSC, Carie Keller Text Font: 10/12 Times LT Pro Copyright © 2020, 2014, 2011 by Pearson Education, Inc., 221 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please visit https://www.pearson.com/us/contact-us/ permissions.html Acknowledgments of third party content appear on the page within the text, which constitute an extension of this copyright page. Unless otherwise indicated herein, any third-party trademarks that may appear in this work are the property of their respective owners and any references to third-party trademarks, logos or other trade dress are for demonstrative or descriptive purposes only. -
A Study of the Internal Family Systems Model Applied to Remarried Couples of Stepfamilies in Different Stages of Adjustment
Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertations Graduate Research 1998 A Study of the Internal Family Systems Model Applied to Remarried Couples of Stepfamilies in Different Stages of Adjustment Susan Marie Carter Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, and the Social Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Carter, Susan Marie, "A Study of the Internal Family Systems Model Applied to Remarried Couples of Stepfamilies in Different Stages of Adjustment" (1998). Dissertations. 264. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/264 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thank you for your interest in the Andrews University Digital Library of Dissertations and Theses. Please honor the copyright of this document by not duplicating or distributing additional copies in any form without the author’s express written permission. Thanks for your cooperation. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type o f computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. -
Effective Leadership in Small Group Ministry Through the Application of Family Systems
Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project Concordia Seminary Scholarship 12-15-1994 Effective Leadership in Small Group Ministry Through the Application of Family Systems James Knill Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin Part of the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Knill, James, "Effective Leadership in Small Group Ministry Through the Application of Family Systems" (1994). Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project. 85. https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin/85 This Major Applied Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Concordia Seminary Scholarship at Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CONCORDIA SEMINARY EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN SMALL GROUP MINISTRY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY TO THE GROUP PROCESS A MAJOR APPLIED PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DOCTOR OF MINISTRY COMMITTEE AND DIRECTOR IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MINISTRY DEPARTMENT OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY BY JAMES R. KNILL TRIANGLE, VIRGINIA DECEMBER, 1994 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi PREFACE viii ABSTRACT xii Chapter I. INTRODUCTION 1 Why Small Groups? 1 Why Family Systems? 13 II. AN ORIENTATION TO FAMILY SYSTEMS THINKING . 16 The Development of Systems Thinking 16 The Development of Family Systems Thinking 19 The Contribution of Bowen Theory to Family Systems Theory 21 Basic Concepts of Bowen's Family Systems Theory 24 The Broad Applicability of Bowen's Family Systems Theory 26 Theological Dimensions of Bowen Theory . -
T~~E Evolution of Psychotherapy. a Conference
T~~E EvoluTioN of PsycHOTHERApy. SM A CoNfERENCE. Sponsored by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Cosponsored by University of California, Irvine-Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior California State University, Fullerton-Department of Psychology December 12-16, 1990 Anaheim, California FEATURING: Beck, Bugental, Ellis, Glasser, M. Goulding, Haley, Hillman, Kaplan, Lazarus, Lowen, Madanes, Marmor, Masterson, May, Meichenbaum, Minuchin, Palazzoli, E. Polster, M. Polster, Rossi, Szasz, Watzlawick, Whitaker, Wolpe and Zeig. KEYNOTE ADDRESSES Viktor Frankl Betty Friedan PsycheScapes= Positions & Projections Featuring: Aaron Beck, M.D. James Bugental, Ph.D. Albert Ellis, Ph.D. William Glasser, M.D. Mary Goulding, M.S.W. Jay Haley, M.A. James Hillman, Ph.D. Helen Singer Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D. Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D. Alexander Lowen, M.D. Cloe Madanes, Lie. Psychol. Judd Marmor, M.D., Ph.D. James Masterson, M.D. Rollo May, Ph.D. Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D. Salvador Minuchin, M.D. Mara Selvini Palazzoli, M.D. Erving Polster, Ph.D. Miriam Polster, Ph.D. Ernest Rossi, Ph.D. Thomas Szasz, M.D. Paul Watzlawick, Ph.D. Carl Whitaker, M.D. Joseph Wolpe, M.D. Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D. This second Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, PsycheScapes: Positions and Projections, is dedicated to those presenters from the 1985 Conference who cannot be with us here, but who will always be with us in spirit. Their wisdom and contributions have added to the well-being of humankind. Bruno Bettelheim Murray Bowen Ronald D. Laing Carl Rogers Virginia Satir Lewis Walberg And to Robert Goulding who could not attend the Conference due to ill health. THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL FRED HUNTER, Mayor IRV PICKLER, Mayor Pro Tern MIRIAM KAYWOOD, Councilwoman WILLIAM D. -
The History of Family Therapy
AA01_GLAD8906_06_SE_FM.indd01_GLAD8906_06_SE_FM.indd PagePage iiiiii 29/03/1429/03/14 7:327:32 PMPM//205/PH01382/9780133488906_GLADDING/GLADDING_FAMILY_THERAPY6_SE_9780133488906/SE/2 f-w-155-userf0-w5-/P15H50-1u3s8e2r /9780133488906_GLADDING/GLADDING_FAMILY_THERAPY6_SE_9780133488906/SE/ ...... PREFACE PHILOSOPHY Therapeutic work with families is a recent scientific phenomenon but an ancient art. Throughout human history, designated persons in all cultures have helped couples and families cope, adjust, and grow. In the United States, the interest in assisting families within a healing context began in the 20th century and continues into the 21st. Family life has always been of interest, but because of economic, social, political, and spiritual val- ues, outsiders made little direct intervention, except for social work, into ways of helping family functioning until the 1950s. Now, there are literally thousands of professionals who focus their attention and skills on improving family dynamics and relationships. In examining how professionals work to assist families, the reader should keep in mind that there are as many ways of offering help as there are kinds of families. How- ever, the most widely recognized methods are counseling, therapy, educational enrich- ment, and prevention. The general umbrella term for remediation work with families is family therapy . This concept includes the type of work done by family professionals who identify themselves by different titles, including marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, pastoral counselors, and clergy. Family therapy is not a perfect term; it is bandied about by a number of professional associations, such as the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), the American Counseling Association (ACA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). -
FAMILY THERAPY Concepts and Methods
FAMILY THERAPY CONCEPTS AND METHODS A01_NICH3062_12_SE_FM.indd 1 17/12/2019 20:51 A01_NICH3062_12_SE_FM.indd 2 17/12/2019 20:51 Twelfth Edition FAMILY THERAPY CONCEPTS AND METHODS Michael P. Nichols College of William and Mary Sean D. Davis Alliant International University A01_NICH3062_12_SE_FM.indd 3 17/12/2019 20:51 Please contact https://support.pearson.com/getsupport/s/contactsupport with any queries on this content Copyright © 2021, 2017, 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates, 221 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. All Rights Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected by copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise. For information regarding permissions, request forms, and the appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education Global Rights and Permissions department, please visit www.pearsoned. com/permissions/. Acknowledgments of third-party content appear on the appropriate page within the text. PEARSON, ALWAYS LEARNING, REVEL, and MYLAB are exclusive trademarks owned by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. Unless otherwise indicated herein, any third-party trademarks, logos, or icons that may appear in this work are the property of their respective owners, and any references to third-party trademarks, logos, icons, or other trade dress are for demonstrative or descriptive purposes only. Such references are not intended to imply any sponsorship, endorsement, authorization, or promotion of Pearson’s products by the owners of such marks, or any relationship between the owner and Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates, authors, licensees, or distributors. -
What Is Systems Theory?
What is Systems Theory? Systems theory is an interdisciplinary theory about the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science, and is a framework by which one can investigate and/or describe any group of objects that work together to produce some result. This could be a single organism, any organization or society, or any electro-mechanical or informational artifact. As a technical and general academic area of study it predominantly refers to the science of systems that resulted from Bertalanffy's General System Theory (GST), among others, in initiating what became a project of systems research and practice. Systems theoretical approaches were later appropriated in other fields, such as in the structural functionalist sociology of Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann . Contents - 1 Overview - 2 History - 3 Developments in system theories - 3.1 General systems research and systems inquiry - 3.2 Cybernetics - 3.3 Complex adaptive systems - 4 Applications of system theories - 4.1 Living systems theory - 4.2 Organizational theory - 4.3 Software and computing - 4.4 Sociology and Sociocybernetics - 4.5 System dynamics - 4.6 Systems engineering - 4.7 Systems psychology - 5 See also - 6 References - 7 Further reading - 8 External links - 9 Organisations // Overview 1 / 20 What is Systems Theory? Margaret Mead was an influential figure in systems theory. Contemporary ideas from systems theory have grown with diversified areas, exemplified by the work of Béla H. Bánáthy, ecological systems with Howard T. Odum, Eugene Odum and Fritj of Capra , organizational theory and management with individuals such as Peter Senge , interdisciplinary study with areas like Human Resource Development from the work of Richard A. -
The Papers of Philip J. Guerin, Jr., M.D
THE PAPERS OF PHILIP J. GUERIN, JR., M.D. Edited by Leo F. Fay 1 PART I: History and Development of Family Therapy Family Therapy: the First Twenty-Five Years The Development of Family Systems Theory in Family Therapy We Became Family Therapists Contribution of Nathan Ackerman to the Theory and Art of Family Therapy Bowen: The Man and his Theory The Man Who Never Explained Himself Family Therapy: Style, Art, and Theory System, System, Who’s Got the System PART II: The Three Guerin Models of Systems Therapy Marital: The Envelope of Marital Conflict: Social Context and Family Factors The Stages of Marital Conflict Triangles in Marital Conflict The Social-Network Feminist Triangle: A Triangle of Influence The Treatment of Stage III Child: Trees, Triangles, and Temperament in the Child-Centered Family Temperament as a Transgenerational Issue: A Case in Point Theory in Therapy of Families with School-Related Problems Individual: Coaching and Direct Intervention with Triangles in Individual Therapy PART III: Mentor: Theoretical Aspects and Clinical Relevance of the Multigenerational Model Evaluation of Family System and Genogram Study Your Own Family Family Process in the Alcohol System 2 PART IV: Theory and Applications The Use of the Arts in Family Therapy: I Never Sang for My Father Becoming A Triangle Doctor Differentiation and the Adaptive Level of Functioning Markers in Therapy and in Life 3 THE GUERIN PAPERS As of this writing, Phil Guerin is still doing what he’s done for the past 50 years: taking care of patients. His identity as a physician-psychiatrist is second only to that of husband and father. -
Family Therapists' Responses to Monopolizing, Blaming, Critical and Unempathic Behavior in Parents
Smith ScholarWorks Theses, Dissertations, and Projects 2009 Family therapists' responses to monopolizing, blaming, critical and unempathic behavior in parents Andrew David Sussman Smith College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses Part of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Sussman, Andrew David, "Family therapists' responses to monopolizing, blaming, critical and unempathic behavior in parents" (2009). Masters Thesis, Smith College, Northampton, MA. https://scholarworks.smith.edu/theses/1164 This Masters Thesis has been accepted for inclusion in Theses, Dissertations, and Projects by an authorized administrator of Smith ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Andrew Sussman Family Therapists' responses to monopolizing, blaming, critical and unempathic behavior in parents ABSTRACT This research was designed to address the question: "How do family therapists respond to monopolizing, blaming, critical and unempathic behavior from parents in family therapy. I was interested to see if they viewed the presentation as resistance, narcissism, or was it attributed to something else? I was also interested in the therapist’s background, theoretical framework, training, and how they viewed family interventions. I hypothesized that family therapists would respond to monopolizing, blaming, critical and unempathic behavior in parents in a way that was influenced more by clinical practice experience than theoretical orientation. The instrument was a survey with closed and open-ended questions developed by the researcher. Nineteen clinicians that met my criteria for being a family therapist completed the survey. Nearly half (44%) of the clinicians had more than twenty years of family therapy experience. A significant finding was that family clinicians were influenced by several theories, but tended to adhere most to one particular theoretical framework. -
Jay Haley Collection, 1957-2007 M1733
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6870384x No online items Guide to the Jay Haley Collection, 1957-2007 M1733 Andrea Castillo Department of Special Collections and University Archives July 2011 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Jay Haley Collection, M1733 1 1957-2007 M1733 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Jay Haley collection creator: Haley, Jay source: Richeport-Haley, Madeleine Identifier/Call Number: M1733 Physical Description: 28 Linear Feet(55 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1957-2007 Abstract: The Jay Haley collection, consisting of 28 linear feet and spanning from the 1950s to 2007, documents Haley’s career through correspondence, papers, book typescripts, and media materials. Among Haley’s papers documenting his multiple professional activities are his writings on: psychotherapy as a profession; teaching therapy; studies on Milton H. Erickson M. D.; the Bateson Project; marriage and family therapy; schizophrenia; his work with the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, and his activities as editor for the Journal Family Process. The collection also includes Haley’s fiction writings, and his training films on topics such as: strategic and family therapy, Milton H. Erickson M.D., documentation of specific cases, and trance and dance in Bali. Physical Description: The collection contains paper and audio visual materials Access to Collection Accession 2009-287 is conditionally open for research, with written authorization required in accordance with Special Collections and University Archives Access to Health Information of Individuals Policy. Also case studies in series 3.3 and 8.5 are closed and will be available one hundred years from the date of creation. -
Structural Family Therapy
CHAPTER 12 Structural Family Therapy She flips through a magazine on the blue-striped couch sometimes entertained but often bored, while he gulps down popcorn and televised football, feeling occasionally excited yet often empty. At midnight when the lights go off and the news of the day and the games are decided, She lays in anticipation, but without hope, of his touch while he tackles fullbacks in his sleep and ignores his needs and hers. Alone, they together form a couple, together, all alone, they long for a relationship. Gladding, 1991c CHAPTER OVERVIEW From reading this chapter, you will learn about ■ Why structural family therapy was created and the importance of boundaries and hierarchies in this approach. ■ The major theorists, premises, techniques, roles of the therapist, processes, and outcomes of structural family therapy. ■ The uniqueness of the structural family therapy approach. As you read, consider ■ What type of family boundaries and subsystems were most prevalent in your family of origin. ■ The feminist argument that structural family therapy promotes sexual stereotypes. ■ How comfortable you would be acting like a theater director if you were a structural family therapist. 297 298 Part 2 • Therapeutic Approaches to Working with Families tructural family therapy was initially based on the experiences of Salvador Minuchin and his colleagues at the Wiltwyck School, a residential facility in Esopus, New SYork, for inner-city delinquents. The treatment was created out of necessity. Long- term, passive, and historically based approaches to working with the families of these children proved unsuccessful ( Piercy, Sprenkle, & Wetchler, 1997 ). The active and often aggressive nature of family members at the Wiltwyck School and their tendencies to blame others and react immediately meant therapists had to be powerful and quick.