Family Therapy Research Paper
Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer
John Mack
MFCC/556
May 3, 2011
Professor Linda Hand, MFT
Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer Family is the most important facet of human life. So when a family needs help it is important that the family’s therapist employs a style of therapy that the therapist believes in and has absolute confidence when using. I believe that the theoretical approaches utilized by a therapist must match the way the therapist handles his/her own issues in life. That is why I will be using a combination of cognitive behavioral, narrative, and solution-focused therapy in my future endeavors with troubled families. As I have progressed through my academic program my style of counseling has taken form. …show more content…
Even though the goal for therapy is to help the client discover an alternate narrative for their story the therapist is still very involved in the process. The therapist stays busy helping the client thicken the plot of their stories around alternative accounts of their identity and relational narratives. The therapist is very active in trying to assist clients in creating authoring of their stories, assisting the client in changing their lives by changing their stories, and helping clients externalize their problems so that they can better solve …show more content…
I have found solution-focused therapy to be very effective in my personal life and I completely believe in its effectiveness. The goal of therapy is to help clients to shift their language from talking about problems to talking about solutions for the problem. This theory seems simple but most people overlook the obvious especially when in troublesome situations. I believe this method to be effective and at the same time ad some flavor and fun to therapy. An example of this would be using the techniques of asking the miracle question. This allows the client to see the better side of an issue while giving the therapist pertinent information about the client’s desires and what direction therapy should go. Overall I believe solution-focused therapy emphasizes positive attributes of clients and it can be used with a wide variety of clients and issues. I think solution-focused therapy is an appropriate tool to be used along with CBT and narrative
John Mack
MFCC/556
May 3, 2011
Professor Linda Hand, MFT
Family Therapy Approaches That I Prefer Family is the most important facet of human life. So when a family needs help it is important that the family’s therapist employs a style of therapy that the therapist believes in and has absolute confidence when using. I believe that the theoretical approaches utilized by a therapist must match the way the therapist handles his/her own issues in life. That is why I will be using a combination of cognitive behavioral, narrative, and solution-focused therapy in my future endeavors with troubled families. As I have progressed through my academic program my style of counseling has taken form. …show more content…
Even though the goal for therapy is to help the client discover an alternate narrative for their story the therapist is still very involved in the process. The therapist stays busy helping the client thicken the plot of their stories around alternative accounts of their identity and relational narratives. The therapist is very active in trying to assist clients in creating authoring of their stories, assisting the client in changing their lives by changing their stories, and helping clients externalize their problems so that they can better solve …show more content…
I have found solution-focused therapy to be very effective in my personal life and I completely believe in its effectiveness. The goal of therapy is to help clients to shift their language from talking about problems to talking about solutions for the problem. This theory seems simple but most people overlook the obvious especially when in troublesome situations. I believe this method to be effective and at the same time ad some flavor and fun to therapy. An example of this would be using the techniques of asking the miracle question. This allows the client to see the better side of an issue while giving the therapist pertinent information about the client’s desires and what direction therapy should go. Overall I believe solution-focused therapy emphasizes positive attributes of clients and it can be used with a wide variety of clients and issues. I think solution-focused therapy is an appropriate tool to be used along with CBT and narrative