Minuchin

Psychodynamic therapy has been around for ages, and has been very beneficial for clients who are suffering from an array of difficulties in life. This form of therapy has the client focus on the past and understand how it has positively or negatively affected his/her behavior and outlook on life. There are many advantages and disadvantages to taking this historical approach when working with families.

In family system theory, it is believed that the impact of the relation of individuals on their lives is more than on a counselor and the individuals play a very important role in order to recover faster. In this system, changes in a family comes due to the interaction between the family individuals and therefore more emphasis are put on the relationships within a family which plays important role in the well being of a family with regard to psychological health (Titelman, 1998).

Within the early practices of family therapy, it began during the 1950’s and focused upon an individual-therapist relationship (www.abacon.com). Early therapist such as Freud and Rodgers focused upon the individual behavior which was internal, even though they understood that family interactions shapes a person’s

After assessing my nuclear and extended family using a genogram, it was apparent that a history of mental illness was a pattern within my paternal extended family. My family never went to therapy, but I truly think that it would have been beneficial throughout my childhood and teenage years. Solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, and intergenerational therapy and three therapies that can aide families in healing processes from lack of unity, communication, and negative patterns.

Structural Family Therapy can also promote a safe environment for individuals to express concerns or feelings to family members. It can improve communication, develop effective problem-solving methods, explore values, and experiment with new behaviors (Thayer 1982). The role of the clinician is to keep the sessions family focused. The clinician must recognize who the "identified patient" is or the client the family system has

The history of family therapy began around 1960 when Gregory Bateson came up with the term, “system thinking.” This type of therapy was a daring departure, from traditional and individual treatment during the 1960s. He was involved in the schizophrenia research project in Palo Alto, California, which had a strong impact in shaping the course of family therapy. Along with his colleagues Jay Haley, John Weakland, William Fry, Don Jackson and later Virginia Satir, Paul Watzlawick, Bateson developed a communication theory which aim was to explain development of schizophrenic behavior within the familial environment.

During the first session boundaries and ground rules were set. In this session my goal was to get to know the whole family and learn about each of their concerns and what they each wanted to gain from therapy. I went around the room and asked each one to describe how each one viewed their family structure as a whole. I let Marge begin since she seemed to be the most eager one in starting family therapy. Her main concerns were having her husband’s support, her son’s

This idea however is central to what would later become the practice of family and systemic therapies. Family therapy advocates using practices that specifically address historical, contextual and constitutional factors, including working with all members of the extended family and wider social network as well as coaching people to manage their constraints within their unit (Carr, 2012). Systemic therapy has its roots in family systems theory, which was pioneered by Murray Bowen, an American psychiatrist who originally practiced within the psychoanalytic model, but later shifted his focus to the role of family dynamics and dimensions of the family as a system during

Chapter One: In this chapter talks about the history of many decades where the different therapist is treating family members separated from the family and eventually when one member of the family sought help and got better another one seems to be affected. These different observations lead to begging the family therapy movement (Nichols, M. 2017).

Family therapy is needed in so many aspects whether its trauma, substance, abuse or marital counseling. It doesn’t matter if it’s for adolescents in the family or adults. It’s important that a clinician is knowledgeable about family therapy and the best approaches to assist the family in becoming functional.

I appreciated the forum with its acknowledgment of different styles of therapy and treatment. I believe that I would want the whole family to be present at each session. I want to treat the family as a unit and let them experience how interconnected their issues are with the identified client. I want to look at family counseling from a macrolevel in order to address the influences on the family including the therapy session itself and the counselor’s attitudes, beliefs and style. Being upfront and honest while offering a supportive yet challenging atmosphere is the key for my counseling

For this paper, I have chosen to reflect on my current client, Jackson Morgan. I have selected Solution Focused Family Therapy as the best fit based on the Morgan family needs and strengths. I will discuss how I would apply this method, handle obstacles, and develop a collaborative treatment plan. Moreover, I will assess my ability to effectively evaluate treatment efficacy and to control my personal biases in Therapy.

With a combination of antipsychotic medications, it is the most frequently implemented treatment offered to patients (Fenton, 2000). Individual psychotherapy confronts the human components of adaption and targets problems that follows such as: symptoms, relapse, denial, discouragement, treatment agreement, interpersonal relationships, and self-esteem. Since this approach’s attention is understanding the patient’s views, attitudes, ambitions, and experiences; clinicians will continue to implement this method (Fenton, 2000). Another approach for treatment of schizophrenia is family psychoeducation (FPE). This method has been established as one of the most effective psychosocial treatments developed. It integrates a patient’s family, caregivers, and friends into important and constant treatment and rehabilitation (McFarlane, 2016). In further detail, FPE consists of cognitive, behavioral, and helpful therapeutic features while utilizing a counseling structure. Overall, FPE has reduced the percentage of relapse for persons suffering from schizophrenia to 40% (McFarlane,

Minuchin and his colleagues taught themselves how to do therapy with a whole family, thus the invention of family therapy was born. According to Nichols, they built a one- way mirror and took turns observing each other’s work in these sessions. In 1967, Minuchin’s success at Wiltwyck led to his book, Families of the Slums that revolutionized family therapy and was the introduction of the structural family therapy model. His career as a therapist skyrocketed from that point, in 1965 he became the director of the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, which is now known as one the largest and most prestigious child guidance clinics in the world (pg.

“Serious mental illness, defined in federal legislation as a mental disorder that substantially interferes with one’s life activities and ability to function, has been estimated to afflict 5.4% of the US adult population each year” (Wang, Demler, & Kessler, 2002, p. 92). Family psychoeducation has surfaced as a great treatment option for individuals who have schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and other serious mental illnesses (McFarlane, Dixon, Lukens, & Lucksted, 2003). Due to the incorporation of both illness specific information and instruments for handling related circumstances, the flexibility of this treatment has broad potential for a variety of illnesses and life challenges as it allows for individuals and