Mental health issues are viewed as signs of a dysfunctional family; therefore, the focus of treatment is on changing the family structure rather than
changing individual family members.
Not exact matches
The partisans, the traders, the wildcatters, the retired investors, the co-workers and former co-workers, the
family members, the
family members of our TV guests,... it was a kaleidoscope of
individuals that
changed with each tweet.
Educators for Excellence is proud to receive financial support from a diverse base of nonprofit, corporate, and
family foundations as well as
individual donors, including teachers and community
members, who believe in the power of teacher - led
change.
While it's quite rare, some dogs who were once reliably housetrained seem to lose their training after a major
change occurs in the household, such as the addition of a disliked
individual or the departure or death of a favored
family member or pet.
Individuals who are dependents after losing H1 - B status are
changed to H - 4 status when their spouse maintains their authorization as an H1 - B worker or they live with another
family member legally.
Emergency Department RN, September 2011 — presentCullman Regional Medical Center — Cullman, Alabama — Conducts triage on incoming patients and prioritizes treatment - Assists in implementing medical procedures and medications - Documented all symptoms and patient history for
individual patients - Provides comfort to patients and their
family members - Educates patients and
family members on condition, treatment, follow - up care and medicationsRN Registered Nurse, April 2006 — September 2011Alacare Home Health & Hospice — Tuscaloosa, Alabama — Assessed patient's physical, psychological and social environment - Documented vital statistics and reported
changes to physician - Implemented prescribed treatments, including IVs and medications - Educated patients and
family members on continued care and pain managementRN Telephone Triage, November 2000 — April 2006Department of Veterans Affairs — Birmingham, Alabama — Assessed patient needs and recommended appropriate actions to promote disease management, injury prevention and emotional wellness - Offered educational advice and materials to support patients or caregivers - Documented all interactions with patients
Professional Experience Valley Trauma Center (Van Nuys, CA) 2011 — Present In - Home Outreach Counselor • Provide prevention education and counseling at the
individual,
family and group level within both in - home and clinical settings while overseeing all case management services • Utilize various methods including humanistic, cognitive behavioral and
family systems approaches • Assist group
members in the discovery of internal sources of strength and ability to effectively cope with situational crises a well as modify self - defeating behavior • Set and achieve specific group - level goals while helping participants define concrete, meaningful developmental benchmarks, appraising on - going
change processes and related dynamics, and connecting
individual efforts to common themes • Manage 10 cases on a weekly basis while ensuring an initial visitation with clients within 48 hours of referral • Perform new program participant assessments and participate in all intake and discharge functions
As a previous hospital social worker, Susan also has experience working with
individuals who have been diagnosed with medical conditions and helping them, as well as their
family members, manage the stressors and
changes associated with medical issues or a disability.
He or she will then help
individual family members to recognize and
change patterns of behavior that are causing dysfunction in the
family unit.
The therapist's implicit message, consistently provided throughout communication from this theoretical position is therefore: the
family and
individual members within the
family do have strengths and
change toward a hopeful future is possible.
These recommendations are: that the focus of services be shifted from
individuals to
families; that it be recognised that
changes in one
individual in the
family must be viewed as potentially affecting all
family members; and that the
family must be considered as part of a larger system of extended
family, work and community, all of which should be taken into consideration when working with the
family.
Through becoming aware of their own and other
family members» conflict management styles,
individual family members can learn to
change and modify their unproductive behaviors into more constructive ones.
For example,
families where attachment histories have been relatively secure and who have internalised, as
individual family members and as a
family unit, a range of emotional and external resources might do well with a constructivist approach to therapy or respond quickly to structural
changes.
In
family therapy if there is a commitment from at least one
member of the
family to
change, then that
individual has the potential to improve the dynamics in the total
family interaction.
Often positive
changes in
family patterns also result in the alleviation or resolution of symptoms experienced by
individual family members.
shift for the entire
family and, as
individuals, every
family member deals with those
changes differently.
Even with
family members,
individuals with BPD are highly sensitive to rejection, reacting with anger and distress to such mild separations as a vacation, a business trip, or a sudden
change in plans.
(2) «Alter problematic aspects of the
family environment to maintain positive
changes in the
individual and other
family members and promote long - term recovery».
Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, a CCFH Associate Faculty
member, is Director, Center for Contextual
Change, located in Skokie, West Loop, and Elmhurst, IL., a clinic specializing in The Collaborative Stage Model - a component phase model working with
individuals,
families, and groups.
Sessions may focus on
individual members or relationship pairs within the
family; however, the focus is a
change in interaction patterns at the
family level.
Changes in situations like financial state, physical health, and the influence of other
family members can have a profound influence on the conduct, responses and actions of the
individuals in a relationship.