Structural family therapy theories use interaction and observation of family structures to determine what problems need to be addressed and changed.
Not exact matches
These clinical
theories shall include those in major textbooks in marriage and
family therapy, such as: communications, contextual, behavioral, experiential, object relations, strategic,
structural, systemic, transgenerational
I have collected strategies from several different
theories including cognitive behavioral
therapy, object relations
theory, individual psychology, feminist
therapy, play
therapy, interpersonal
therapy,
structural family therapy, and mindfulness - based practices.
For example, psychodynamic
theory had not been taught to
structural family therapy trainees in Philadelphia, nor to those learning the McMaster model in Hamilton, Ontario (although many of their trainees were quite familiar with psychodynamic concepts).
The underpinnings of the current model are trauma
theory (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, neurobiology of stress and trauma);
family systems
theory (dynamic,
structural, strategic approaches); attachment
theory and research (internal working model, developmental research, disorganized - disoriented attachment, parent - infant bonding); experiential
therapy (affective expression, process orientation); cognitive - behavioral treatment (cognitive rescripting, developing coping skills); psychoanalytical
theory (object relations); and positive psychology (signature strengths, resilience).
Some
theories say «Yes» — such as strategic
therapy which views this as the therapist's failure to find the right strategy — while others say «No» — such as
structural therapy which views this as resulting from a defect in the
family's structure.
We utilize an array of therapeutic interventions such as
family systems
theory, psychodynamic
theory, experiential
therapy, cognitive - behavior, insight oriented,
structural family therapy, rational emotive
therapy, solution focused
therapy, and many other modalities.
I draw upon multiple
theories to include: play and filial
therapy for children, dialectical behavior
therapy (DBT), systems and
structural theory for
families, imago and Gottman
theory for couples, a variety of addiction recovery models, depth psychotherapy, narrative
therapy, psychodevelopmental psychology, inner child work and spiritual direction.
-- Individual, marital and
family therapy (9 semester hours)-- includes individual and
family therapy,
family diagnosis, systems assessment, treatment and planning, intervention strategies, clinical
theories with emphasis on marital and
family therapy such as communications,
structural, strategic, transgenerational, experiential, contextual, and systematic.
They maintain competence in explaining literature and implementing practice through best - and systemic - interventions across multiple fields (e.g.,
Family Therapy, Medicine, Nursing), and through a variety of theories and models as they interface with systemic health concerns (e.g., motivational interviewing with patients who wish to stop smoking, structural family therapy + psychoeducation for adolescents living with diab
Family Therapy, Medicine, Nursing), and through a variety of theories and models as they interface with systemic health concerns (e.g., motivational interviewing with patients who wish to stop smoking, structural family therapy + psychoeducation for adolescents living with dia
Therapy, Medicine, Nursing), and through a variety of
theories and models as they interface with systemic health concerns (e.g., motivational interviewing with patients who wish to stop smoking,
structural family therapy + psychoeducation for adolescents living with diab
family therapy + psychoeducation for adolescents living with dia
therapy + psychoeducation for adolescents living with diabetes).
To understand how these relationships operate, we used the lenses of
Family Systems
Theory (Murray Bowen),
Structural Family Therapy (Salvador Minuchin), and Experiential
Therapy (Virginia Satir).
From those groups that were most strongly influenced by cybernetics and systems
theory, there came MRI Brief
Therapy, and slightly later, strategic therapy, Salvador Minuchin's Structural Family Therapy and the Milan systems
Therapy, and slightly later, strategic
therapy, Salvador Minuchin's Structural Family Therapy and the Milan systems
therapy, Salvador Minuchin's
Structural Family Therapy and the Milan systems
Therapy and the Milan systems model.