Marriage and Family Counseling Research Paper COUN 501-B43-Couselor Professional Identity‚ Function‚ and Ethics Denna Harrison Liberty University Master of Arts in Professional Counseling Fall 2012 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the field of marriage and family counseling beginning with the history and development of the profession and its importance in the field of counseling. This paper will also evaluate five major themes relevant to Marriage and Family Therapy which include:
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Family Therapy Models Abstract Family Therapy Models Family therapy models of psychotherapy can be divided into three classifications—ahistorical‚ historical‚ and experiential (Griffin & Greene‚ 1998‚ p. 3). The ahistorical classification includes structural family therapy‚ strategic family therapy‚ behavioral family therapy‚ psychoeducational family therapy‚ and communication models (Griffin & Greene‚ 1998‚ p. 3). The historical classification
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Overview of Structural Family Therapy Overview of Structural Family Therapy Structural family therapy was constructed as a result of the life work of Salvador Minuchin. Within Minuchin’s work‚ he builds his treatment upon the traditional structural family therapy: brief strategic family therapy and ecosystemic structural family therapy. (Becvar‚Becvar pg.125) The therapist begins the session by looking into the family’s structure their boundaries‚ Structural family therapy allows the therapist
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Ron Pinson Psychology 643 Intro to Marriage & Family Therapy Autumn 2011 Professor Katrin Sanford‚ MS‚ LMFT Anna Maria College PSYCHODYNAMIC FAMILY THERAPY PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY The Beginnings of Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud was the discoverer and inventor of psychoanalysis and coined the term in 1896 after publishing studies on Hysteria with Joseph Breuer in 1895. Psychoanalysis still remains unsurpassed in its approach to understanding human motivation‚ character development‚ and
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Cyria Villalobos LT Assignment (family system tools) Strategic Family Therapy Strategic Family Therapy is designed to help find a solution to peoples problems. Strategic therapy does not make individuals reminisce about issues about what happened or how it happened‚ they just care about finding the right solution that will help the individual overcome his or her issue. Strategic therapy also has its name for a reason‚ they help clients by using strategically plan‚ execute‚ and measure winning
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Research Paper Research Paper for Marriage Family and Counseling Jordan Reid Golson Southwestern Assemblies of God University COU/SWK 4413.70 Abstract The structural family therapist goes about helping the entire family instead of singling out the specific person with the issues. When families have good relationships with each other it is mainly when each family member has their specified role and fulfills that role to its entirety. This type
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Models of Therapy Structural Family Therapy Theory: Structural Family Therapy (SFT) has a few interventions within the theoretical model that I could see myself using with clients (families) from diverse backgrounds with diverse presenting problems. I am in agreement with the way this model looks at the different types of families and the types of issues they present with such as the patterns common to troubled families; some being "enmeshed‚" chaotic and tightly interconnected
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The family therapy movement spread its roots in the mid-1900s. The theory behind this approach was that the psychological symptoms did not solely arise within an individual‚ but were a result of the dysfunctional families that an individual lives in (Pomerantz‚ 2013). This approach is an evidence-based and it is being recognized in therapeutic interventions like the other more known therapeutic approaches. The following paper is based on explaining family therapy from the various other therapeutic
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fulfillment of individual family members View of problem foundation * People’s natural tendency is toward self-actualization‚ but this can be interrupted by social pressures * The root cause of dysfunction in families is emotional suppression * Parents try and regulate emotions in order to curb certain behaviors * Children grow up with a disconnect from their own emotions * Children seek safety rather than satisfaction * Goal: Help family members uncover their genuine
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When working with a family group it may be helpful to enlist the support of another professional for the use of reflecting‚ that is‚ colleagues discussing the case when people are seen provides a way of enhancing the perspectives of the clients and their problems. Having supervising support can also help identify any transference. Transference does not necessarily form a part of family therapy as the concentration is on the family interaction between each other and not on the relationship between
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