Childhood Trauma
Childhood Trauma, Development and Treatment
When considering family systems, one needs to look at the broad frame of a family’s dynamics while simultaneously analyzing how each member of the family plays integral part in the family dynamic. Family’s, especially in the progressed world we live in, can be comprised of a variety of make up. When one thinks of family, one could typically define one’s family by the people the person was surrounded with as a child that influenced the child in their early years and continued forward into adolescence and adulthood. When considering the complexity of a family system, it is also important to analyze the member’s attachment to the other members. According to the article by Nims and Duba (2011), …show more content…
In fact, research shows that attachment develops in infancy and continues to play a vital role in our relationships throughout the rest of our lives. (Feldman, 2011) Not only do infants attach to their parents, they acquire attachments to other members of the family including their sibling. Since you are likely close in age to a sibling, these relationships are the ones that can be the longest lasting through out ones lifespan. According to Cox, “sibling relationships influence and are influenced by, the qualities of the larger family systems” (2010). Considering the monumental role our families play on our development, individual beings are formed based around circumstances one experience within the family …show more content…
Analyzing the family in the home unit may help ease anxiety and delay the perceived “fakeness” that a family my try to put on because they are in a social setting. It is important to include all members of the nuclear family when presiding over a family therapy session, watch how they interact and communicate (both verbally and nonverbally). Bowen used genograms, a family tree like model that aided the therapist and the families understand the interactions they exhibited between one another (Duba, 2011). This diagram can assist the family in shifting dynamics and understanding the attachments between the members. If young children are involved, play therapy may be a useful technique to use. “Play therapy activities provide an excellent opportunity for individual’s within the family to discover the balance between individuation and dependence.” (Duba, 2011) It is important to engage all members of a family in a family session and have them achieve understanding and appreciate the dynamics of the
When considering family systems, one needs to look at the broad frame of a family’s dynamics while simultaneously analyzing how each member of the family plays integral part in the family dynamic. Family’s, especially in the progressed world we live in, can be comprised of a variety of make up. When one thinks of family, one could typically define one’s family by the people the person was surrounded with as a child that influenced the child in their early years and continued forward into adolescence and adulthood. When considering the complexity of a family system, it is also important to analyze the member’s attachment to the other members. According to the article by Nims and Duba (2011), …show more content…
In fact, research shows that attachment develops in infancy and continues to play a vital role in our relationships throughout the rest of our lives. (Feldman, 2011) Not only do infants attach to their parents, they acquire attachments to other members of the family including their sibling. Since you are likely close in age to a sibling, these relationships are the ones that can be the longest lasting through out ones lifespan. According to Cox, “sibling relationships influence and are influenced by, the qualities of the larger family systems” (2010). Considering the monumental role our families play on our development, individual beings are formed based around circumstances one experience within the family …show more content…
Analyzing the family in the home unit may help ease anxiety and delay the perceived “fakeness” that a family my try to put on because they are in a social setting. It is important to include all members of the nuclear family when presiding over a family therapy session, watch how they interact and communicate (both verbally and nonverbally). Bowen used genograms, a family tree like model that aided the therapist and the families understand the interactions they exhibited between one another (Duba, 2011). This diagram can assist the family in shifting dynamics and understanding the attachments between the members. If young children are involved, play therapy may be a useful technique to use. “Play therapy activities provide an excellent opportunity for individual’s within the family to discover the balance between individuation and dependence.” (Duba, 2011) It is important to engage all members of a family in a family session and have them achieve understanding and appreciate the dynamics of the