Marriage and Family Therapy: A Practice-Oriented Approach by Linda Metcalf

By Linda Metcalf

There are various varied versions of marriage and kin treatment; the problem for college students and starting practitioners is finding out which one most nearly fits their person reasons. This hugely sensible quantity elucidates the defining features of 14 modern types, together with their background, perspectives of switch, perspectives of relatives and the function of the therapist; and techniques of assessing family members dynamics, objective surroundings; facilitating swap; and understanding while to terminate. each one bankruptcy additionally incorporates a template for enforcing treatment versions, and reasonable case studies-many drawn from genuine practice-to illustrate how each one version may deal with universal matters. furthermore, the quantity comprises huge interviews with grasp therapists corresponding to Albert Ellis, Insoo Kim Berg, Sue Johnson, Susan McDaniel, Derald Wing Sue, and so on. They proportion their rules of the ways that switch happens, how they set pursuits, and the way they practice treatment. For extra explanation, every one therapist illustrates how he/she could continue through an analogous case learn. studying the right way to practice potent kinfolk remedy will be an hard means of trial and blunder, but this source will ease the way in which for college kids and presently training family members therapists who have to revisit the fundamentals. Modalities incorporated Bowen kin structures thought Contextual kin remedy Cognitive Behavioral relatives treatment types Rational Emotive habit treatment Symbolic-Experiential kin treatment Satir Human Validation technique version Milan Systemic family members treatment Structural relations treatment Strategic kin remedy Solution-Focused short remedy with households Narrative treatment with households Emotionally concentrated remedy clinical kin treatment relations Psychoeducation Key positive factors: Introduces the speculation, historical past, theoretical assumptions, ideas, and parts of every version encompasses a template for utilizing each one version, from the preliminary assembly via evaluate, intervention, and termination presents a variety of interviews with grasp therapists contains case research observation and research by way of grasp therapists indicates questions, healing techniques, and/or reviews to contemplate for every healing part encompasses a character stock to assist readers decide upon the simplest modality

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One of those areas is choosing which model of family therapy best suits your beliefs and personality. This challenge can be exciting and overwhelming. This chapter aims to help you learn from two master therapists who, like you, once started as students. The goal is to �initiate a self-inventory, which will guide you in understanding why a model fits your personality and belief system. Furthermore, it is our hope that this chapter will aid you in understanding how valuable you are as an individual to therapy and to give you a guideline of different ideas on how to grow as a therapist.

Recognizing our authentic selves and biases safeguards us from having an unconscious agenda. Once you gain insight into your authentic self and your biases, you will most likely realize some that have the possibility of hindering effective therapy with particular clients. In such situations, it is your ethical obligation to refer those clients to another therapist. For example, a female therapist who was sexually abused by her stepfather as a young adolescent, yet never legally reported the incident nor received therapy to work through her trauma, may experience “transference” when initially visiting with an adolescent girl with the same experience.

When all of these parts of yourself are acknowledged, your authentic self becomes invaluable to therapy. 36╛╛╇╅╅ I: introduction KEY TERMS Biasâ•… A belief that one holds regarding a particular topic. Clientâ•… A person who seeks a therapeutic relationship. Family therapyâ•… An approach to working on individual issues that occur in relationships in a therapy setting with significant others involved in the person’s life. Family therapy modelâ•… A specific, unique set of theoretical beliefs and strategies that assists a family therapist to help a family reconstruct healthy interactions.

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