Marriage‚ Couple and Family Counseling A Research Paper Submitted to Professor Chara In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course COUN 501 Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary By Lynetric Rivers October 15‚ 2010 Lynchburg‚ Virginia Abstract This paper will explore the foundation of marriage/couple and family therapy. Also we will delve into aspects of relationships that will include anger‚ and forgiveness‚ communication‚ boundaries‚ spirituality and resolving
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in structural family therapy model. As stated by Hsin Yang and Pearson (2002) in the process of joining the therapist makes an effort to show that he/she is interested in each family member thus
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• Carl Rogers was born in 1902 in Illinois to a religious‚ conservative household. • Attended University of Wisconsin studying agriculture changed to history • Attended school to become a minister‚ changed completed his Ph.D in Psychology at Columbia University. It was here he became interested in person centered therapy. • After graduating worked for 12 years at a child-guidance center. • 1939-published first book. Began to teach at Ohio State University • 1940 gave a speech‚ which is considered
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Structural Family Therapy (SFT) is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minchin that focuses on the family dynamics. It is considered the most influential family therapy worldwide according to Stupart (2014). The primary purpose of the different approaches to the psychotherapy is to help people feel differently‚ and change their thinking and behavior (Stupart 2014). The goal of SFT is to join the family system in therapy to determine any dysfunctional relationships and how to heal them
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Part I: Client and Presenting Problems The presenting family consists of 7 individuals. While the family as a whole is the identified client‚ each individual within the family is suffering from individual issues that are resulting in creating stress throughout the whole family. The identified parents‚ Lena and Stef‚ are a lesbian couple (Bredeweg & Paige‚ 2013). Stef‚ a Caucasian female who is as a police officer‚ was previously married to Mike‚ a fellow police officer‚ and they had a son identified
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was structural family therapy. Family structure “refers to the way a family is organized into subsystems whose interactions are regulated by interpersonal boundaries”‚ (Nichols‚ 2013‚ pg. 124). How structural family therapy is applied is when the subsystems have unclear boundaries. Those unclear boundaries force the family member to become isolated or disengaged. The reason why they become disengaged is because their partner has enmeshed or became closer to someone else in the family. In return leaving
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The evolution of “The structural Family Therapy‚” was researched by a team of therapists and researchers that was led by Salvador Minuchin; in the early 1960’s. Minuchin’s research was done in an institutional correctional facility for young delinquents‚ which Minuchin transformed this delinquent institutional setting into a family oriented treatment program (Guise‚ 2015). Structural family therapy is a strength-based‚ outcome oriented treatment modality based on eco-systemic principles. A) The
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Person-centred counselling originated in the thinking of Carl Rogers‚ an eminent American psychologist. He believed that each individual human being had more knowledge and resources to promote their healing and growth than any therapist could ever have – so that the therapist’s job was to create conditions whereby the client could begin to explore and uncover these resources in themselves‚ rather than directly influence the client from a position of “expertise” or “greater knowledge”. These conditions
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Altogether the function of the therapeutic models and its theories are very much useful for the function of a family. However‚ one of the therapeutic approach that I would utilize as a therapist is the structural model. The structural model gives us so much insight of where the dysfunction lies‚ if a family lacks organization or order they will not be able to live a life of stability. This can create several problems within the function of a household. The communication will not be clearly communicated
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Challenges During my studies in Couples and Family Therapy (CFT) program‚ I foresee encountering challenges such as: maintaining work-life balance and being faced with emotionally rigorous courses‚ which can be both intricate and emotionally taxing. Furthermore‚ it will require me to juggle with heavy course load‚ part-time employment‚ finding personal and family time. Support System It is essential to have a strong support system as that would aid in overcoming these challenges. Some of the techniques
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