strategic family therapy interventions examples:Brief Strategic Family Therapy José Szapocznik, Olga E. Hervis, 2020 This book describes Brief Strategic Family Therapy, a strengths-based model for diagnosing and correcting interaction patterns that are linked to troublesome symptoms in children ages 6 to 18.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Strategic Family Therapy Cloé Madanes, 1992-04-16 Madanes' lucid, coherent, and practical guide for familytherapists is a welcome addition to the proliferating literature byfamily therapy theorists and practitioners.... The book is concise,well organized and clearly written. --Contemporary Psychology A classic work which uses imaginative techniques to help achievebalance within the family. It gives attention to specific problemssuch as violence, drug abuse, and depression, and seeks the hiddenmeaning in these symptoms, which are clues to the underlying familystructure.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:FAMILY THERAPY TECHNIQUES Salvador MINUCHIN, H. Charles Fishman, 2009-06-30 A master of family therapy, Salvador Minuchin, traces for the first time the minute operations of day-to-day practice. Dr. Minuchin has achieved renown for his theoretical breakthroughs and his success at treatment. Now he explains in close detail those precise and difficult maneuvers that constitute his art. The book thus codifies the method of one of the country's most successful practitioners.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Family Therapy Skills and Techniques in Action Mark Rivett, Joanne Buchmüller, 2017-10-02 Please watch the following short video advertisement for the book, featuring the Editors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1ApHAQIMzQ&feature=youtu.be Relationships are a resource for healing a range of psychological difficulties. This is the fundamental principle of family therapy, an increasingly influential form of psychotherapy that is building up a strong evidence base in a range of psychological problems across the life cycle. Family Therapy Skills and Techniques in Action is both a guide to a variety of family therapy techniques and a review of their history. It provides a thorough explanation of the techniques, explaining their origins and use in contemporary family practice, whilst guiding readers in learning new skills. The authors provide film examples and transcripts of the techniques in action so that readers can develop their skills in a practical way. The book is divided into sections that describe and demonstrate skills such as: Assessing a family; Building a therapeutic relationship with multiple family members; Enactment; Reframing; Using circular questions; ‘Externalising’ the problem; Using family therapy skills in individual work; Understanding and utilising systemic supervision. Family Therapy Skills and Techniques in Action will be an essential practical manual for a range of family therapy skills which can be used in family work by family practitioners from a variety of backgrounds: counsellors, support workers, social workers, psychologists, generic therapists and nurses.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Systemic Family Therapy Jon L. Winek, 2009-07-27 No other available text offers such a hands-on approach to marriage and family therapy theory. At the core of Systemic Family Therapy are comprehensive sections devoted to each developmental phase of the family therapy movement. With clear descriptions and session-by-session case examples, the author explores specific approaches within each of these phases. With this pragmatic tenor, students will gain a clear and in-depth understanding of how family theory concepts relate to practice–as well as ways those concepts interact with each other. Key Features Uses specific examples and session-by-session case studies to illustrate how theoretical construct actually work in practice Outlines the shifts in thinking of the family therapy field–from modern to postmodern Uses rich graphic representations and straightforward tables to illustrate key theoretical concepts Incorporates compelling questions and learning exercises that will lead to dynamic class discussions Intended Audience A refreshing departure from traditional instruction of family therapy theory, this core textbook is an excellent resource for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of family therapy, counseling, social work, and family studies.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy Jay Lebow, Anthony Chambers, Douglas C. Breunlin, 2019-10-08 This authoritative reference assembles prominent international experts from psychology, social work, and counseling to summarize the current state of couple and family therapy knowledge in a clear A-Z format. Its sweeping range of entries covers major concepts, theories, models, approaches, intervention strategies, and prominent contributors associated with couple and family therapy. The Encyclopedia provides family and couple context for treating varied problems and disorders, understanding special client populations, and approaching emerging issues in the field, consolidating this wide array of knowledge into a useful resource for clinicians and therapists across clinical settings, theoretical orientations, and specialties. A sampling of topics included in the Encyclopedia: Acceptance versus behavior change in couple and family therapy Collaborative and dialogic therapy with couples and families Integrative treatment for infidelity Live supervision in couple and family therapy Postmodern approaches in the use of genograms Split alliance in couple and family therapy Transgender couples and families The first comprehensive reference work of its kind, the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy incorporates seven decades of innovative developments in the fields of couple and family therapy into one convenient resource. It is a definitive reference for therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors, whether couple and family therapy is their main field or one of many modalities used in practice.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Core Competencies in the Solution-focused and Strategic Therapies Ellen K. Quick, 2012 This book illustrates how core competencies in the solution-focused and strategic therapies grow from the models' basic principles: discovering and amplifying what works and changing what does not.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Marriage and Family Therapy Linda Metcalf, MEd, PhD, LMFT, LPC, 2018-12-27 This text provides students of family therapy with a unique opportunity to understand and compare the inner workings of 14 traditional and non-traditional family therapy models. The book demonstrates, through innovative “guiding templates,” how the different therapeutic models are applied in an actual family therapy situation. The second edition features a new chapter on neuroscience, new interviews with master therapists on topics such as LGBT families, EMDR and research, and coverage of ethical issues concerning electronic safety and telephonic therapy. Overviews of every model include history, views of change, views of the family, and the role of the therapist. Chapters on every model also provide responses to one, realistic case study with commentary and analysis by master therapists to illustrate how each one addresses the same scenario. Interviews with master therapists illustrate how each mode of therapy actually “works” and how therapists “do it.” Print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to the entire contents! New to the Second Edition: Examines neuroscience and its role in family therapy New chapter on solution focused narrative therapy with families Includes enhanced coverage of self-care and mindfulness for the therapist Contains educator resources including instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, and a test bank Updated references provide current developments in the field of marriage and family therapy Provides insight on submitting research articles for publication through an interview with a current journal editor Reports on current, revised ethical guidelines from the AAMFT Key Features: Provides a guiding template for each family therapy model from assessment through termination Describes a practice-oriented approach to family therapy Uses a single case study throughout the book where different approaches to therapy are applied by master therapists Introduces the theory, history, theoretical assumptions, techniques, and components of each model Includes numerous interviews, case study commentary, and analyses by master therapists
strategic family therapy interventions examples:The Practice of Family Therapy Suzanne Midori Hanna, 2018-10-15 Now in its fifth edition, The Practice of Family Therapy comes at a time when traditional approaches to psychotherapy have given way to multidimensional strategies that best serve the needs of diverse groups who are grappling with the many challenges unique to family therapy practice. With expanded coverage of different models, along with new developments in evidence-based and postmodern practices, this integrative textbook bridges the gap between science and systemic/relational approaches, as it guides the reader through each stage of family therapy. Part I lays the groundwork by introducing the first-, second-, and third-generation models of family therapy, teaching the reader to integrate different elements from these models into a systemic structure of practice. Part II explores the practical application of these models, including scripts for specific interventions and rich case examples that highlight how to effectively work with diverse client populations. Students will learn how to make connections between individual symptoms and cutting-edge family practices to respond successfully to cases of substance abuse, trauma, grief, depression, suicide risk, violence, LGBTQ families, and severely mentally ill clients and their families. Also included are study guides for each model and a glossary to review main concepts. Aligned with the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Boards’ (AMFTRB) knowledge and content statements, this textbook will be key reading for graduate students who are preparing for the national licensing exam in marriage and family therapy.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Ordeal Therapy Jay Hayley, 2012-03 In this classic book Jay Haley explains how and why the use of ordeals work in therapy. He provides an account of the theoretical basis of ordeal therapy, showing how it builds on the work of Milton H. Erickson. Problems discussed include psychosomatic symptoms, uncontrollable and violent children, separation and divorce, anxiety, incontinence, sexual frustration, alcoholism, speech blocks, and depression.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:An Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy Joseph L. Wetchler, Lorna L. Hecker, 2014-08-27 Now in its second edition, this text introduces readers to the rich history and practice of Marriage and Family Therapy, with 32 professionals from across the US presenting their knowledge in their areas of expertise. This blend of approaches and styles gives this text a unique voice and makes it a comprehensive resource for graduate students taking their first course in Marriage and Family Therapy. The book is divided into three sections: Part 1 focuses on the components on which 21st century family therapy is based and summarizes the most recent changes made to not only therapeutic interventions, but to the very concept of “family.” Part 2 presents an overview of the 7 major theoretical models of the field: structural, strategic, Milan, social constructionist, experiential, transgenerational, and cognitive-behavioral family therapy. Each chapter in this section • Focuses on the founder of the theory, its theoretical tenants, and its key techniques • Shows how the model focuses on diversity • Presents the research that supports the approach Part 3 addresses specific treatment areas that are common to marriage and family therapists, such as sex therapy, pre-marital therapy, research, and ethics and legal issues. As an introduction to the field of Marriage and Family Therapy, this volume stands above the rest. Not only will readers gain an understanding of the rich history of the field and its techniques, but they will also see a complete picture of the context in which families are embedded, such as gender, culture, spirituality, and sexual orientation. This knowledge is the key to understanding what differentiates Marriage and Family Therapy from individual psychotherapy. Glossaries, case studies, tables, figures, and appendices appear generously throughout the text to present this information and give students a thorough overview to prepare them for their professional lives.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy Teresa McDowell, Carmen Knudson-Martin, J. Maria Bermudez, 2017-11-23 Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy addresses the need for socially responsible couple, marriage, and family therapy that infuses diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout theory and clinical practice. The text begins with a discussion of societal systems, diversity, and socially just practice. The authors then integrate principles of societal context, power, and equity into the core concepts of ten major family therapy models, paying close attention to the how to’s of change processes through a highly diverse range of case examples. The text concludes with descriptions of integrative, equity-based family therapy guidelines that clinicians can apply to their practice.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Handbook of Family Therapy Mike Robbins, Tom Sexton, Gerald Weeks, 2004-03-01 This new Handbook of Family Therapy is the culmination of a decade of achievements within the field of family and couples therapy, emerging from and celebrating the dynamic evolution of marriage and family theory, practice, and research. The editors have unified the efforts of the profession's major players in bringing the most up-to-date and innovative information to the forefront of both educational and practice settings. They review the major theoretical approaches and break new ground by identifying and describing the current era of evidence-based models and contemporary areas of application. The Handbook of Family Therapy is a comprehensive, progressive, and skillful presentation of the science and practice of family and couples therapy, and a valuable resource for practitioners and students alike.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling Jon Carlson, Shannon B. Dermer, 2016-09-15 The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family and Couples Counseling is a new, all-encompassing, landmark work for researchers seeking to broaden their knowledge of this vast and diffuse field. Marriage and family counseling programs are established at institutions worldwide, yet there is no current work focused specifically on family therapy. While other works have discussed various methodologies, cases, niche aspects of the field and some broader views of counseling in general, this authoritative Encyclopedia provides readers with a fully comprehensive and accessible reference to aid in understanding the full scope and diversity of theories, approaches, and techniques and how they address various life events within the unique dynamics of families, couples, and related interpersonal relationships. Key topics include: Assessment Communication Coping Diversity Interventions and Techniques Life Events/Transitions Sexuality Work/Life Issues, and more Key features include: More than 500 signed articles written by key figures in the field span four comprehensive volumes Front matter includes a Reader’s Guide that groups related entries thematically Back matter includes a history of the development of the field, a Resource Guide to key associations, websites, and journals, a selected Bibliography of classic publications, and a detailed Index All entries conclude with Further Readings and Cross References to related entries to aid the reader in their research journey
strategic family therapy interventions examples:APA Handbook of Contemporary Family Psychology Barbara H. Fiese, 2019
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Parenting Matters National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Supporting the Parents of Young Children, 2016-11-21 Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€which includes all primary caregiversâ€are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Milan Systemic Family Therapy Luigi Boscolo, Gianfranco Cecchin, Lynn Hoffman, Peggy Penn, 1987-12-21 This long-awaited book is the first to offer a complete and clear presentation of the therapy of the Milan Associates, Luigi Boscolo and Gianfranco Cecchin. Based on cybernetic theory, their work has had dramatic success in helping families change behavior. This practical and enlightening book uses clinical cases and the fascinating conversations among the four authors to examine the relationship between Milan theory and practice.Transcripts of sessions conducted by Boscolo and Cecchin—which include a family that is hiding a history of incest and one dominated by an anorectic girl—provide vivid examples of family interaction and therapeutic imagination. In the accompanying conversations with Boscolo and Cecchin about these sessions, Hoffman and Penn take us behind the scenes to show how the therapists think through and conduct their therapy. These highly readable conversations clarify the essentials of the therapy, including hypothesizing, circular questioning, positive connotation, and crafting interventions. Like Milan therapy itself, the interviews are recursive; new ideas about the therapy feed back into the conversations and stimulate further revelations. A lengthy introduction sets the Milan approach in historical context, and introductions to the individual cases highlight the main ideas.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Play Therapy Techniques Charles E. Schaefer, Donna M. Cangelosi, 2002 The second edition of Play Therapy Techniques includes seven new chapters in addition to the original twenty-four. These lively chapters expand the comprehensive scope of the book by describing issues involved in beginning and ending therapy, using metaphors, playing music and ball, and applying the renowned Color Your Life technique. The extensive selection of play techniques described in this book will add to the clinical repertoire of students and practitioners of child therapy and counseling. When used in combination with formal education and clinical supervision, Play Therapy Techniques, Second Edition, can be especially useful for developing treatment plans to address the specific needs of various clinical populations. Students and practitioners of child therapy and counseling, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and child life specialists will find this second of Play Therapy Techniques informative and clinically useful.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Immigration, Cultural Identity, and Mental Health Eugenio M. Rothe, Andres J. Pumariega, 2020 This book outlines the various psychosocial impacts of immigration on cultural identity and its impact on mainstream culture. It examines how cultural identity fits into individual mental health and has to be taken into account in treatment.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Family Myths Stephen A Anderson, Dennis Bagarozzi, 2014-02-25 Therapists can broaden their point of view and expand their options for treating individuals, couples, and families by understanding family myths. Here is a thorough and unique compilation of current studies on the development, evolution, and clinical implications of family myths. An outstanding group of international experts offers a variety of formulations regarding both personal and family myths in an attempt to bridge the chasms between individual, couple, and family systems dynamics. They focus on the conscious and unconscious elements of families’shared perceptual experiences and their relationship to behavioral, interactional patterns of individuals, couples, and family systems. The detailed descriptions of various clinical approaches to re-editing clients’personal, conjugal, and family myths will be enormously helpful to clinicians, theorists, trainers, and educators.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Ask a Manager Alison Green, 2018-05-01 From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Creative Family Therapy Techniques Liana Lowenstein, 2010 Bringing together an array of highly creative contributors, this comprehensive resource presents a unique collection of assessment and treatment techniques. Contributors illustrate how play, art, drama, and other approaches can effectively engage families and help them resolve complex problems. Practitioners from divergent theoretical orientations, work settings, or client specialisations will find a plethora of stimulating and useable clinical interventions in this book.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Attachment Theory in Practice Susan M. Johnson, 2019 Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment--and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice--Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection. The primary developer of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples, Johnson now extends her attachment-based approach to individuals and families. The volume shows how EFT aligns perfectly with attachment theory as it provides proven techniques for treating anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Each modality (individual, couple, and family therapy) is covered in paired chapters that respectively introduce key concepts and present an in-depth case example. Special features include instructive end-of-chapter exercises and reflection questions.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Developing Evidence-Based Standards for Psychosocial Interventions for Mental Disorders, 2015-09-18 Mental health and substance use disorders affect approximately 20 percent of Americans and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Although a wide range of evidence-based psychosocial interventions are currently in use, most consumers of mental health care find it difficult to know whether they are receiving high-quality care. Although the current evidence base for the effects of psychosocial interventions is sizable, subsequent steps in the process of bringing a psychosocial intervention into routine clinical care are less well defined. Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders details the reasons for the gap between what is known to be effective and current practice and offers recommendations for how best to address this gap by applying a framework that can be used to establish standards for psychosocial interventions. The framework described in Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders can be used to chart a path toward the ultimate goal of improving the outcomes. The framework highlights the need to (1) support research to strengthen the evidence base on the efficacy and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions; (2) based on this evidence, identify the key elements that drive an intervention's effect; (3) conduct systematic reviews to inform clinical guidelines that incorporate these key elements; (4) using the findings of these systematic reviews, develop quality measures - measures of the structure, process, and outcomes of interventions; and (5) establish methods for successfully implementing and sustaining these interventions in regular practice including the training of providers of these interventions. The recommendations offered in this report are intended to assist policy makers, health care organizations, and payers that are organizing and overseeing the provision of care for mental health and substance use disorders while navigating a new health care landscape. The recommendations also target providers, professional societies, funding agencies, consumers, and researchers, all of whom have a stake in ensuring that evidence-based, high-quality care is provided to individuals receiving mental health and substance use services.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Experiential Learning David A. Kolb, 2015 Experiential learning is a powerful and proven approach to teaching and learning that is based on one incontrovertible reality: people learn best through experience. Now, in this extensively updated book, David A. Kolb offers a systematic and up-to-date statement of the theory of experiential learning and its modern applications to education, work, and adult development. Experiential Learning, Second Edition builds on the intellectual origins of experiential learning as defined by figures such as John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, Jean Piaget, and L.S. Vygotsky, while also reflecting three full decades of research and practice since the classic first edition. Kolb models the underlying structures of the learning process based on the latest insights in psychology, philosophy, and physiology. Building on his comprehensive structural model, he offers an exceptionally useful typology of individual learning styles and corresponding structures of knowledge in different academic disciplines and careers. Kolb also applies experiential learning to higher education and lifelong learning, especially with regard to adult education. This edition reviews recent applications and uses of experiential learning, updates Kolb's framework to address the current organizational and educational landscape, and features current examples of experiential learning both in the field and in the classroom. It will be an indispensable resource for everyone who wants to promote more effective learning: in higher education, training, organizational development, lifelong learning environments, and online.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Functional Family Therapy Thomas L. Sexton, 2000
strategic family therapy interventions examples:The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy Edward S. Neukrug, 2015-02-12 The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy is a two-volume source that traces theory and examines the beginnings of counseling and psychotherapy all the way to current trends and movements. This reference work draws together a team of international scholars that examine the global landscape of all the key counseling and psychotherapy theories and the theorists behind them while presenting them in context needed to understand their strengths and weaknesses. This is a quick, one-stop source that gives the reader the “who, what, where, how, and why” of contemporary counseling and psychotherapy theory. From historical context in which the theories were developed to the theoretical underpinnings which drive the theories, this reference encyclopedia has detailed and relevant information for all individuals interested in this subject matter. Features & Benefits: Approximately 335 signed entries fill two volumes available in a choice of print or electronic formats. Back matter includes a Chronology of theory within the field of counseling to help students put individual theories within a broader context. A Master Bibliography and a Resource Guide to key books, journals, and organizations guide students to further resources beyond the encyclopedia. The Reader’s Guide, a detailed Index and the Cross References combine for effective search-and-browse in the e-version and helps students take the next steps in their research journeys. This reference encyclopedia serves as an excellent source for any individual interested in the roots of contemporary counseling and psychotherapy theory. It is ideal for the public and professionals, as well as for students in counselor education programs especially those individuals who are pursuing a Masters level degree.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Adolescents at Risk Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Brenna Hafer Bry, 2019-01-09 Rich with illustrative case material, this book guides mental health professionals to break the cycle of at-risk behavior by engaging adolescents and their families in home, school, and community contexts. The authors explore the multigenerational patterns that shape the lives of poor and ethnic minority adolescents and present innovative strategies for intervening beyond the walls of the agency or clinic. Grounded in research, the book shows how to implement both home-based family therapy and school-based achievement mentoring to provide a comprehensive web of support. Building on the earlier Reaching Out in Family Therapy, this book reflects the ongoing development of the authors' multisystems approach and many other important changes in the field; the majority of the content is completely new. It is an indispensable resource for beginning and experienced professionals or text for courses on adolescent intervention or adolescent mental health.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Treating the Traumatized Child Scott P. Sells, Ellen Souder, MA, LPCC-S, 2017-12-15 This book builds upon my early work and the work and others by offering a comprehensive guide to practitioners interested in facing and helping to heal trauma and manage the drama systemically with a special focus on children and adolescents. The FST Model is a contribution to the fields of trauma, family sciences, and human development practice. --Charles R. Figley, PhD; Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health at Tulane University in New Orleans This is the first book that addresses trauma treatment for child and adolescents using a Family Systems Trauma (FST) model which goes beyond individual therapy to include the child and their entire family. Co-written by a renowned family therapist who created the Parenting with Love and Limits® model, it delivers a research-based , step-by-step approach that incorporates the child’s immediate family along with their extended family to treat the traumatized child or adolescent. Using a stress chart, the child or adolescent's trauma symptoms are quickly identified. This strategy guides therapists in accurately diagnosing root causes of the child's trauma and culminates in the creation of co-created wound playbooks to heal trauma in both the child as well as other family members. Additional helpful features include extensive case examples, a menu of trauma techniques, wound playbook examples, evaluation forms, client handouts, and other practical tools to provide the therapist with a complete guide to implementing this approach. Child and family therapists, social workers, mental health counselors, and psychologists working in a variety of settings will find this book a valuable resource. Key Features: Provides a step-by-step, practice focused, time-limited model Uses a family systems approach for addressing child and adolescent trauma--the only book of its kind Includes useful tools such as checklists, client handouts, and evaluation forms
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Family Play Therapy Charles Schaefer, Lois J. Carey, 1994-10-01 Play therapy and family therapy both are well established therapeutic paradigms. Often, however, play therapists have minimal contact with the nuclear family of which their child patient is a member. Similarly, family therapists frequently view young children as disruptive and exclude them from family sessions. By combining both play and family treatment modalities as this unique book Family Play Therapy suggests, all family members can participate in a therapeutic process which, in its inclusion of everyone, is more genuine and therefore successful. Family Play Therapy encourages the blending of play therapy and family therapy by discussing and demonstrating various techniques and diverse theoretical approaches that will enable readers to broaden their repertoire when working with families and their young children. Each author describes his or her own creative avenue of expression such as puppetry, psychodrama, and sandplay, which facilitate the family's communication, helping members to find new ways to hear each other. Family play therapy and play therapy need not be exclusionary. The two approaches actually can enhance and enrich each other. While each therapist ultimately will use his or her own ideas in the critical combining of both methods, Family Play Therapy offers various possibilities and as such, helps therapists to help their family patients to be readily engaged in treatment and to experience therapy as a fun, inclusive, transforming time together.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:The Family Therapy Treatment Planner Frank M. Dattilio, David J. Berghuis, Sean D. Davis, 2010-02-16 The Family Therapy Treatment Planner, Second Edition provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal agencies. New edition features empirically supported, evidence-based treatment interventions Organized around 40 main presenting problems including child/parent conflicts, depression, abuse, death and loss issues, blended family problems, and loss of family cohesion Over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives, and interventions—plus space to record your own treatment plan options Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem Designed to correspond with The Family Therapy Progress Notes Planner, Second Edition and the Brief Family Therapy Homework Planner, Second Edition Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies including CARF, The Joint Commission (TJC), COA, and the NCQA
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Common Factors in Couple and Family Therapy Douglas H. Sprenkle, Sean D. Davis, Jay Lebow, 2009-08-10 Doug Sprenkle - Awarded the American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) 2010 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Research and Practice! Grounded in theory, research, and extensive clinical experience, this pragmatic book addresses critical questions of how change occurs in couple and family therapy and how to help clients achieve better results. The authors show that regardless of a clinician's orientation or favored techniques, there are particular therapist attributes, relationship variables, and other factors that make therapy specifically, therapy with couples and families more or less effective. The book explains these common factors in depth and provides hands-on guidance for capitalizing on them in clinical practice and training. User-friendly features include numerous case examples and a reproducible common factors checklist.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:A Guide To Treatments that Work Peter Nathan, Jack M. Gorman, 2002-01-18 A fully revised and updated edition of this unique and authoritative reference The award-winning A Guide to Treatments that Work , published in 1998, was the first book to assemble the numerous advances in both clinical psychology and psychiatry into one accessible volume. It immediately established itself as an indispensable reference for all mental health practitioners. Now in a fully updated edition,A Guide to Treatments that Work, Second Edition brings together, once again, a distinguished group of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists to take stock of which treatments and interventions actually work, which don't, and what still remains beyond the scope of our current knowledge. The new edition has been extensively revised to take account of recent drug developments and advances in psychotherapeutic interventions. Incorporating a wealth of new information, these eminent researchers and clinicians thoroughly review all available outcome data and clinical trials and provide detailed specification of methods and procedures to ensure effective treatment for each major DSM-IV disorder. As an interdisciplinary work that integrates information from both clinical psychology and psychiatry, this new edition will continue to serve as an essential volume for practitioners of every kind: psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors, and mental health consultants.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:The Person of the Therapist Training Model Harry J. Aponte, Karni Kissil, 2016-01-08 The Person of the Therapist Training Model presents a model that prepares therapists to make active and purposeful use of who they are, personally and professionally, in all aspects of the therapeutic process—relationship, assessment and intervention. The authors take a process that seems vague and elusive, the self-of-the-therapist work, and provide a step-by-step description of how to conceptualize, structure, and implement a training program designed to facilitate the creation of effective therapists, who are skilled at using their whole selves in their encounters with clients. This book looks to make conscious and planned use of a therapist’s race, gender, culture, values, life experience, and in particular, personal vulnerabilities and struggles in how he or she relates and works with clients. This evidence-supported resource is ideal for clinicians, supervisors, and training programs.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Breakthroughs in Family Therapy with Drug Abusing and Problem Youth José Szapocznik, William M. Kurtines, 1989 Reviews structural family treatment of behavior-problem youths and provides a detailed introduction to recent advances in the understanding and handling of these individuals. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Managing Therapy-interfering Behavior Alexander Lawrence Chapman, M. Zachary Rosenthal, 2016 A vital tool for clinicians to help identify and manage therapy-interfering behavior using a dialectical behavior therapy framework.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users Howard A. Liddle, 2002
strategic family therapy interventions examples:The Family Crucible Augustus Y. Napier, PhD, Carl A. Whitaker, M.D., 2011-10-18 “If you have a troubled marriage, a troubled child, a troubled self, if you’re in therapy or think that there’s no help for your predicament, The Family Crucible will give you insights . . . that are remarkably fresh and helpful.”—New York Times Book Review The classic groundbreaking book on family therapy by acclaimed experts Augustus Y. Napier, Ph.D., and Carl Whitaker, M.D. This extraordinary book presents scenarios of one family’s therapy experience and explains what underlies each encounter. You will discover the general patterns that are common to all families—stress, polarization and escalation, scapegoating, triangulation, blaming, and the diffusion of identity—and you will gain a vivid understanding of the intriguing field of family therapy.
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Brief Strategic Family Therapy José Szapocznik, Olga Hervis, 2020 Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a strengths based model for diagnosing and changing repetitive patterns of behavior that cause friction in families. This clinical guide to BSFT shows how practitioners can transform family interactions from conflictive to collaborative, from habitual to proactive, so the love trapped behind anger can flourish. When, for example, a teen is acting out, using drugs, or not attending school, the adults in the family need to assume leadership, and all members of the family must adapt their patterns of talking and behaving with one another for positive changes to take place. BSFT therapists aid in this process by analyzing how the family operates as a whole and the role that each member plays in the family organism. Readers of this book will learn how to engage reluctant families or family members, and structure 12 to 16 week cognitive and affective interventions that will effect powerful behavior change. Detailed clinical examples show practitioners how to navigate family complexities, and work through the challenging decision points they present--
strategic family therapy interventions examples:Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy John Banmen, 2009-02-01
Therapy Manuals for Drug Addiction
Chapter 1 Brief Strategic Family Therapy: An Overview Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a brief intervention used to treat adolescent drug use that occurs with other problem behaviors. These co-occurring problem behaviors include conduct problems at home and at school, oppositional behavior, delinquency, associating
The Evidence Base of Family Therapy and Systemic Practice
trained family therapists need to be employed not just to provide Family Therapy services but also: to support training of future family therapists through education and supervision; to provide training and support for professionals applying specific family interventions such as
MRI Brief Family Therapy - Springer
therapy is truly a family therapy. If the definition of “family therapy” depends on who is in the treatment room and whether the complaint con-cerns marital or family problems, this approach probably does not qualify. Meeting with whole families is not a priority, since seeing people sep-arately often affords greater maneuverability, and
Multisystemic Therapy : Clinical Overview, Outcomes, and Implementation ...
barriers to service access, and facilitates family engagement in treatment. Treatment principles Multisystemic therapy is highly individualized and does not follow a manualized treat-ment plan. Instead, nine treatment principles provide the underlying structure and framework upon which therapists build their interventions (see Appendix 1). A ...
A Review of Family Therapy in Residential Settings - Springer
residential treatment: brief strategic family therapy, multi systemic therapy, and functional family therapy. Keywords Adolescent Conduct disorder Residential treatment Family therapy Multiple-family group intervention Family-directed structural therapy Narrative family therapy Brief strategic family therapy Multi
E ectiveness of Structural–Strategic Family Therapy in the
Accordingly, di erent family-based interventions have emerged as an e ective treatment for adolescents with certain disorders. Specifically, there is evidence of the ... Some illustrative examples are brief–strategic family therapy and multisystemic therapy, both of which incorporate representative elements from both approaches. In general ...
Ethics and Strategic Therapy: A Proposed Ethical Direction
ment, and family therapy order and organize the clinician’s perception and experience regarding the client’s presenting concerns. From a constructivist viewpoint, theoretical
Positive Connotation in Couple and Family Therapy - Springer
The Milan model is a branch of strategic family therapy which contextualizes change via shifting how family members make meaning of the pre-senting problem and family interactions around ... interventions with limited explanation has given way to more tentative presentations of such inter-ventions. For example, Williams and Auburn ...
Mapping in Structural Family Therapy - Center for Family …
Mapping in Structural Family Therapy Jorge Colapinto Minuchin Center for the Family, Woodbury, NJ, USA Introduction Mapping is the visual representation of a family and of its members’ relationships with each other and with the outside world. Theoretical Framework Mapping is a primary assessment technique used in Structural Family Therapy.
10. SYSTEMIC APPROACHES 10.1 SYSTEMIC PERSPECTIVE Systemic therapy …
social work, and family medicine. 10.2 FAMILY THERAPY: Family therapy, also referred to as couple and family therapy, marriage and family therapy, family systems therapy, and family counseling, is a branch of psychotherapy that works with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view
Therapy Manuals for Drug Addiction - Drugs and Alcohol
Chapter 1 Brief Strategic Family Therapy: An Overview Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a brief intervention used to treat adolescent drug use that occurs with other problem behaviors. These co-occurring problem behaviors include conduct problems at home and at school, oppositional behavior, delinquency, associating
Directives in Couple and Family Therapy - Springer
behavioral couple therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and internal family systems therapy all utilize cognitive, affective, and behavioral interventions – including directives – to disrupt relational patterns or cycles. More than half of couple and family therapists have reported using directives (homework), and their theoretical ori-
Ecosystemic Structural Family Therapy: Theoretical and
Keywords Ecosystemic structural family therapy Structural family therapy Family therapy Clinical interventions Evidence-based models Practice-based evidence Child mental health M. Lindblad-Goldberg (&) Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center, Inc., P. O. Box 4092, Philadelphia, PA 19118-8092, USA e-mail: marionlg@philafamily.com
EFFT AND BLENDED FAMILIES: BUILDING BONDS FROM THE …
stepfamilies and the application of Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) to the treatment of stepfamilies. Specific focus is given to the role of emotion and attachment as guiding perspectives in restructuring problem patterns, resolving relational loss, and promoting more secure stepfamily bonds.
STRATEGIC THERAPY, ECLECTICISM, AND THE THERAPEUTIC …
Family therapy generally, and strategic therapy specifically, may be thought of as rival schools that evolved to ... MRI interventions can sometimes appear to be power-orientedmanipulations by a ...
Brief Strategic Family Therapy, FAQ What is BSFT?
A. Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a short-term (12-15 sessions), structured, and problem-focused approach to the treatment of behavioral problems including but not limited to association with antisocial peers, early drug use, bullying, and truancy. A. BSFT is based on the premise that family interactions play an instrumental role in the
In defense of strategic therapy - Springer
IN DEFENSE OF STRATEGIC THERAPY R. Stefanie Wilner Miranda Breit Won-Gi Im ABSTRACT: The practice of strategic therapy has raised a number ... and addressed with case examples to illustrate a rationale and justifi- ... befallen the family. As strategic interventions do involve a certain degree of risk,
Strategic therapy* - Wiley Online Library
Journal of Family Therapy (1980) 2: 89-99 Strategic therapy* Brian Cadet Definitions There is a problem with defining the term ‘Strategic Therapy’. This stems largely from the fact that the term refers more to an attitude towards therapy than to a clearly defined therapeutic approach or …
E ectiveness of Structural–Strategic Family Therapy in the ... - CORE
Accordingly, di erent family-based interventions have emerged as an e ective treatment for adolescents with certain disorders. Specifically, there is evidence of the ... Some illustrative examples are brief–strategic family therapy and multisystemic therapy, both of which incorporate representative elements from both approaches. In general ...
Circular Questioning: An Introductory Guide* - Will Hall
nificant family events, and of asking hypothetically what for the interview with many examples of the types of differences might become apparent if other circum- questions that could be used. Their classification was stances existed in the family. These ideas about ques- thus an extremely useful learning tool. The first two cat-
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Overview - Evidence-Based Associates
probation, courts, children and family services, etc.) • MST has strong track record of client retention and satisfaction with MST • MST staff must be able to have a “lead” clinical role, ensuring services are individualized to strengths and needs of each youth/family Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Overview 28
Quick Guide for Clinicians Based on TIP 34: Brief Interventions …
4. Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse. INTRODUCTION. Theuse of brief intervention and brief therapy techniques has becomean increasingly important
Behavioral Interventions in Cognitive Behavior Therapy: …
standing of behavior theory and behavioral approaches to therapy (Todd & Morris, 1983). Just like Martell and colleagues (2001), we ask that if you have any preconceptions about behavior theory and therapy, you suspend these for the time being because contemporary behavior theory and therapy might not be what you think it is.
Family Interventions: Basic Principles and Techniques
Additional family interventions may cover specific aspects such as future plans, job prospects, medication supervision, marriage and pregnancy (in women), behavioral ... Family therapy is a structured form of psychotherapy that seeks to reduce distress and conflict by improving the systems of interactions between family members. It is an
Solution-Focused Treatment of Trauma: Brief, Effective, …
About the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) Approach SFBT was originally developed by Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg, and their team at the Brief Family Therapy Center (BFTC), an urban clinic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the mid-1980's. De Shazer, Berg, and their BFTC team spent thousands of hours observing therapy session,
Sample Systemic Family Therapy Syllabus With Embedded …
Theory and treatment planning in family therapy: A competency-based . approach. Cengage Learning. Gehart, D. R. (2017). Mastering competencies in family therapy: A practical approach to theory and clinical case documentation (3rd ed.). Cengage Learning. Sample Systemic Family . Therapy Syllabus With Embedded Deliberate Practice Exercises. C ...
NICE Clinical Guidelines recommending Family and Couple Therapy
family therapy, brief strategic family therapy, functional family therapy or multi-systemic therapy) for those with signifi cant co-morbidities and/or limited social support. Delivering psychological and psychosocial interventions for children and young people 1.3.7.10 Multidimensional family therapy should usually consist of 12-15
CHAPTER 1 Developing Case Conceptualizations - Pearson
the family inform you on what questions to ask and which interventions to make? These are some of the initial decisions that therapists make before starting a ses-sion with a new family. Therapists, however, do not go into a therapy room as blank ... tute, strategic family therapy, Milan Systemic Family Therapy, structural family therapy ...
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR SOLUTION-FOCUSED COUNSELING
20 Mar 2010 · Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors for the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling. He is also an Approved Continuing Education Provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling (Provider Number BAP-594 - Expires
Satir Model of Transformational Systemic Therapy - Springer
change as the Parts Party, Family Reconstruction, and sculpting. Prominent Associated Figures Virginia Satir saw her first family for conjoint therapy in 1951, an experience which initiated her 30 years at the forefront of the field of family therapy (Satir et al. 1991). Satir championed the systems approach, espousing nonlinear causality,
Brief Strategic Family Therapy Institute, Center for Family …
Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a family-based, empirically validated intervention designed to treat children's and adolescents' problem behaviors such as those presented by Andrew in our ...
JAY HALEY — PIONEER IN STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY
in social space, mainly within a family, improve the functioning of the system. Strategic family therapy According to Haley, strategic therapy takes place when a therapist defines a goal of his/her work and strives to achieve this goal [10]. The goal should be achievable, acceptable by the family and rather short-term.
The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy: Front Matter
field of systemic family therapy lives on in these volumes, in her many research publi-cations and chapters, in students she loved and trained, in colleagues who benefited ... 15 Structural and Strategic Approaches 339 Jeffrey B. Jackson and Ashley L. Landers 16 Behavioral and Cognitive‐Behavioral Approaches in Systemic
Integrative Couple and Family Therapies: Treatment Models for …
6. Holographic Reprocessing Couple Therapy With Military Couples 137 Lori S. Katz 7. Functional Family Therapy With Couples Behind Bars 157 Corinne C. Datchi 8. The SALUD Model of Family Therapy With Undocumented Latinx Youth 179 Joseph M. Cervantes 9. Resiliency-Focused Couple and Family Therapy With Gay Men 199 David Greenan 10.
Circular Questioning in Couple and Family Therapy - Springer
Circular Questioning in Couple and Family Therapy 3. definition of the problem. In doing so, the thera- ... interviewing style and interventions. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 10, 253–271. Watzlawick,P.,Bavelas,J.B.,&Jackson,D.(1967).Prag-matics of human communication: A study …
MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND CONSIDERATIONS WITHIN STRUCTURAL FAMILY ...
This paper will discuss the three main premises of structural family therapy: family structure, subsystems, and boundaries. This paper will also detail the importance of making considerations based on the unique cultural perspectives of each family when implementing the premises of structural family therapy. Introduction Salvador Minuchin is ...
PSDP—Resources and Tools: Interventive interviewing
Family Process 26 13-31. Tomm K (1987b) ‘Interventive interviewing: Part 11. Reflexive questioning as a means to enable healing’. Family Process 26 167-183. Tomm K (1988) ‘Interventive interviewing: Part 111. Intending to ask lineal, circular strategic and reflexive questions’. Family Process 27 1-15.
Reconceptualizing Strategic Family Therapy: Insights from a …
Abstract As one of the more mature marriage and family therapy (MFT) models, strategic family therapy has a distinguished and colorful history. Part of that history includes an era when strategic therapy was considered by some to be manipulative and even unethical. Recent advances in our understanding of the behavior of complex natural
Structural family therapy
Structural family therapy is a model of treatment based on systems theory that was developed primarily at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, under the leadership of Salvador Minuchin, over the last 15 years. The model‟s distinctive features are its emphasis on structural change as the main goal of therapy, which acquires preeminence ...
Engaging Adolescent Drug Abusers and Their Families in …
work of brief strategic family therapy (Szapocznik, Kurtines et al., 1983, 1986), which is a structural family-systems approach based on the work ofMinuchin (1974,1976), Haley (1976), and Madanes ...
Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT) - Oxford Health NHS …
What is Behavioural Family Therapy (BFT)? Behavioural Family Therapy is a practical skills-based intervention that usually lasts 10-12 sessions over six months. It provides information to you and your family about your mental health issues and treatment. This type of family therapy promotes positive communication, problem solving skills and ...
MODELS OF COUPLE THERAPY - University of Hong Kong
1. Brief Strategic Couple Therapy 7 couple’s definition of the problem in a way that sets the stage for later interventions. In addition to the Palo Alto model’s his-torical connection to the “strategic family therapy” of Haley (1980, 1987) and Madanes (1981), we should mention its close and sometimes con-
Structural Family Therapy Theoretical Framework - Springer
Structural Family Therapy Jorge Colapinto Minuchin Center for the Family, Woodbury, NJ, USA Introduction Structural Family Therapy is a method for under-standing and treating behavioral problems within thecontextofthefamily.Itscharacteristicfeatures are an emphasis on interactional context as the organizer of individual behaviors, the central
Four Useful Interventions in Brief Family Therapy* - sfwork
Four Useful Interventions in Brief Family Therapy* Steve de Shazer and Alex Molnar Originally published as Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Vol 10, No 3, 297–304 (1984). Reproduced here by kind permission of the rights holder, John Wiley and Sons. Brief Family Therapy Center Milwaukee A t the Brief Family Therapy Center we have developed
Major Marriage and Family Therapy Models Developed by …
Strategic Therapy (MRI), Continued Interventions Skeptical of change Take a lot of credit and responsibility for change; however, therapist tells clients that they are ... Strategic family therapy. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Madanes, Cloe. (1984). Behind the one-way mirror: Advances in the practice of strategic therapy. San
FUNDAMENTALS OF FAMILY THEORY 10. THE BOWEN MODEL IN …
Unlike a strategic intervention, the goal of any detriangling stance is not to change the other's relationship but to express one's neutrality about it. A calm and thoughtful neutral stance prevents one from anxiously reacting to the tension of another relationship by taking sides. 10.3. Coaching: Family Therapy with an Individual
Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Twenty-Five Years of ... - Springer
our knowledge about family-based interventions in treatment of youth behavior problems and drug abuse. This program is developed through a strategy of integrating theory, research, and practice. Al-though we are testing other theoretical paradigms at the Center for Family Studies, the focus of this article is on Brief Strategic Family Therapy ...
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES – QUICK REFERENCE - Kentucky
Brief Strategic Family Therapy – A family-based intervention that focuses on improving family functioning (e.g., parental leadership, positive parenting, and parental involvement with their adolescent, his or her peers, and school) in order to reduce the adolescent’s problem behaviors and improve their prosocial behaviors. Celebrating Families!
Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Implementing evidence-based …
Brief Strategic Family Therapy® (BSFT®), which has undergone nearly 40 years of clinical develop-ment and research, and the challenges we encoun-tered in bringing this evidence-based intervention to practice settings. The current article is organized into two major sections: (i) Brief Strategic Family Therapy: Theory, Research and Practice ...
Strategic Interventions with Children of Single-Parent Families
izing such problems from a family sys- before a means of intervening is de tents perspective is presented, as well termined. As the primary social deter as examples of interventions based on minants of a child's behavior, the fam strategic family therapy (Haley, 1976; ily's structure, hierarchical organization,
