Token Economy In Family

Each family member was present for the fifth session and each member contributed to the session by sharing feelings, thoughts, information, and ideas. The family reported that they have been participating in the agreed upon fun family activities over the last week while each one reported a minimal increase about feeling better about one another after participating in the fun family activity. The family will continue to participate in the fun family activities to continue to increase positive feelings about one another while acknowledging that this process may take some time. The family previously agreed upon one family member being the focus for each group session. The focus of this session was on Beatrice and her individual goals. Behavioral Therapy was introduced and defined to the family along with the concept of implementing a “token economy” in the family. Each family member agreed to the established rules of the “token economy” along with the problem solving techniques that will be implemented if issues arise. Beatrice described feeling very lonely, unimportant, and not valued within the family. These feelings stem from the family treating her input with disdain and not understanding or caring about the impact that the loss of her husband and their family home has had on her. She also
Leon expressed understanding and provided examples of others being more motivated by intangibles than tangibles. Furthermore, Leon suggested using poker chips for the “token economy” which will remain in a bowl in the living room that will be awarded from one family member to another family member when one member does something that another member requests them to do. Once a week the family will count their tokens then the member with the highest number of tokens get to choose