Addiction is an issue that many families find themselves struggling with. The film‚ Addiction: The family in crisis‚ discusses many of the issues surrounding addiction and alcoholism in the family. Addiction was described in the film as a “family disease”‚ meaning not only does addiction and alcoholism effect everyone in the family‚ everyone also has a role to play in the family dynamics which may perpetuate the behavior of the alcoholic. The most notable position prolonging the addict’s behavior
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FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY Why study families? • Traditional psychology - problem an individual one - Externalise distress - act out - Internalise distress - withdraw Theorists - Psychoanalytic - e.g Freud - fixated at a phase due to trauma and regress to this level - Behaviourists - e.g learn inappropriate response - Attachment - insecure primary attachment • Sociological perspective Bronfenbrenner’s model - ecological approach a) Life cycle stresses
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The Crisis Theory helps us to understand different developmental‚ situational and existential crisis. Roberts (Roberts‚ 2005) defined crisis as “an acute disruption of psychological homeostasis in which one’s usual coping mechanisms fail and there exists evidence of distress and functional impairment.”“ In crisis a person can have an inability to cope with the stressor. Miller (Miller‚ 2011) mapped out three significant crisis that encompass the Crisis Theory. 1.) Developmental Crisis would be
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Family System Theory Introduction Murray Bowen’s family system theory was one of the first comprehensive theories of family system functioning. It was developed in 1974 and it believed the family can be defined as a set of interacting individuals who are related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation‚ or adoption and who interdependently perform relevant functions through roles. Relevant functions of the family include values and practices placed on health system theory is used to explain patterns of
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Theory/Model # 2 – Trauma‚ Recovery‚ and Empowerment Model (TREM) Crises level can be described has having three different levels of Crises. (1) Basic crises theory (2) Expanded Crises‚ and (3) Applied crises theory (James & Gilliland‚ 2017). In Miami‚ Florida‚ a domestic violence call was made from a woman claiming that she had been attacked‚ kicked‚ and punched by her boyfriend Nick Gordon. He is the ex-boyfriend of singer Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Christina. All too often we hear of domestic
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Sociological Theories and Family Sociological Theories and Family Sociological theories are important in understanding how the society operates. In addition‚ the theories help one understand how people in society relate with each other. The theories have helped understand various social issues in the society and made it easy to develop solutions to the problems. There are different theories that are used to explain how the society operates and how people interact with each other. Examples of
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Family Systems Theory / Micro & Macro Assessment A system theory is utilized in investigating or describing how something or someone functions together. “Family systems theory describes the family as an open‚ complex system in which all‚ of the members are interconnected” (Pender‚ Murdaugh‚ & Parsons‚ 2015‚ p.15). The five concepts that help define a unit are: family system as part of a larger supra system and composed of other subsystems‚ family as a whole greater than the sum of its parts‚ change
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------------------------------------------------- Family Therapy Family therapy is a form of counseling which specializes in treating family relationships. Marriage and Family Therapists can work with every combination of family relationship (whole families or couples‚ parents with children or individual members) to assist a family to function in more comfortable and useful ways. While most family therapists work alone with family members‚ others may work in pairs or a larger team of therapists. How Does Family Therapy Work?
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Family Systems Theory: Family Cohesion When growing up families are and have been considered systems because they are made up of interrelated elements or objectives. Families are examples to show that they have regular behaviors‚ they have regular interactions‚ and they are interdependent on one another. It is believed the family can be defined as a set of interacting individuals who are related by blood‚ marriage‚ cohabitation‚ or adoption. Although they are numerous in number some functions
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I believe without a doubt that a dysfunctional family system not only effects a child’s development but its adult member as well. I included adult member because I believe we continue to develop throughout our lifespan until death referencing Erik Erikson (1950) developmental theory. I agree when change occurs it affect the entire family system rather it causes healthy or unhealthy development. Unfortately‚ the separation amongst parents is becoming common within modern society. These changes use
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