Field Of Family Therapy Research Articles

A classification of the field of family therapy: A review of prior attempts and a new paradigmatic model

Abstract This article presents a review of the early attempts to classify the field of family therapy, including Haley's (1962) caricatures, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry's (1970) classification, Beels and Ferber's (1969) antitheoretical model, and others. A recent paradigmatic scheme (Ritterman, 1977) based on the pretheoretical assumptions of the family theorists is examined in detail, extended to encompass more of the field and critiqued from the perspectives of its overall validity and utility. Finally, a new paradigmatic model based on the formal aspects of the family therapy theories is presented.

Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems: I. Cohesion and Adaptability Dimensions, Family Types, and Clinical Applications

The conceptual clustering of numerous concepts from family therapy and other social science fields reveals two significant dimensions of family behavior, cohesion and adaptability. These two dimensions are placed into a circumplex model that is used to identify 16 types of marital and family systems. The model proposes that a balanced level of both cohesion and adaptability is the most functional to marital and family development. It postulates the need for a balance on the cohesion dimension between too much closeness (which leads to enmeshed systems) and too little closeness (which leads to disengaged systems). There also needs to be a balance on the adaptability dimension between too much change (which leads to chaotic systems) and too little change (which leads to rigid systems). The model was developed as a tool for clinical diagnosis and for specifying treatment goals with couples and families.

For the new family therapist: A glossary of terms

Abstract Traditional psychodynamic terms used in describing, diagnosing, and treating individual patients have proven less than helpful in working with families. In an attempt to alleviate this difficulty, and as an aid to the newcomer in the field of family therapy, this glossary of terms is presented. This glossary is not meant to be all-inclusive. Rather, its purpose is to provide the new family therapist with an introduction to the language of the field, an armamentarium from which to work, and to provide a basis of knowledge that is usually not accumulated by the new family therapist until he or she has worked with a number of families over a period of time.

Family Therapy Training and Supervision Literature: A Comparative Review*

The family therapy field is more sophisticated developmentally in its therapeutic methodologies than in the areas of training and supervision. Publications and research efforts on these latter topics have not kept pace with the progress of the clinical aspects of the field. Family therapy training and supervision literature were reviewed and found to be fragmented and disorganized. There is a need for a comprehensive source which would synthesize this literature and compare the existing viewpoints. This paper works toward this end by reviewing, contrasting, and categorizing the available publications according to a series of content areas frequently appearing in the literature. These topic areas are: (1) Goals of Training and Supervision and Skills of the Supervisor; (2) Training and Supervision Techniques; (3) Supervisor‐Supervisee Relationship; (4) Personal Therapy for Trainees; (5) Politics of Family Therapy Training; and (6) Evaluation of Training. A comprehensive table is provided to quickly access references in the content area. Recommendations are offered for future efforts in this area.

Cotherapy: A review of current literature (with special reference to therapeutic outcome)

This paper presents a review of the current literature on cotherapy with special reference to therapeutic outcome. The review covers the fields of sex therapy, group therapy, and family and marital therapy. It considers both patient variables and cotherapist variables. There are few "research" studies of cotherapy. Most data derive from case illustrations, which, however well detailed, are anecdotal in nature. The most widely addressed effect of cotherapy upon patients is presented in terms of treatment process and not treatment outcome.

The Use of Teaching Stories in Conjoint Family Therapy

Two general factors have been singled out as being held in common by all types of psychotherapy: an educational, rational factor (often called "content") and a factor operative in the relationship between the therapist and his patient (often called "process"). In the field of family therapy, the non-educational aspects of intervention are sometimes presented in the form of "therapeutic, paradoxical communications" (Haley, Bateson, Jackson, Weakland) or the 'therapy of the absurd" (Whitaker, Malone). In the present paper, I wish to present a form of therapeutic communication, the teaching story, that embodies a unique mixture of both the educational and the paradox, or absurd.

The Field of Family Therapy

The Field of Family Therapy

Book Review: The Field of Family Therapy

Book Review: The Field of Family Therapy

The Field of Family Therapy. Committee on the Family, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

<i>The Field of Family Therapy</i>. Committee on the Family, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry: The Field of Family Therapy

Family ProcessVolume 9, Issue 3 p. 373-374 Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry: The Field of Family Therapy Richard Rabkin M.D., Richard Rabkin M.D.Search for more papers by this author Richard Rabkin M.D., Richard Rabkin M.D.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1970 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1970.371_2.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume9, Issue3September 1970Pages 373-374 RelatedInformation

Intensive Family Therapy: Theoretical and Practical Aspects.

The editors of<i>Intensive Family Therapy</i>are to be congratulated on bringing together an outstanding group of intervestigators in this new and challenging area. The book offers the reader an overview of the field of family therapy. It provides guidelines for the bewildered beginner who is struggling with his "first case" as well as presenting many valuable suggestions for the experienced family therapist. The book is divided into the following 12 chapters: (1) "A Review of Concepts in the Study and Treatment of Families of Schizophrenics," by Gerald H. Zuk and David Rubinstein; (2) "A Theory of Relationships: Experience and Transaction," by Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy; (3) "Intensive Family Therapy as Process" by Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy; (4) "Rationale and Techniques of Intensive Family Therapy" by James L. Framo; (5) "Family Psychotherapy with Schizophrenia in the Hospital and in Private Practice" by Murray Bowen; (6) "Family Dynamics and

Conjoint Family Therapy: A Guide to Theory and Technique.

Mrs. Satir, psychiatric social worker, who functions as the Director of Training in the Family Project of the Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto, Calif, has written this monograph as a guide to theory and technique of conjoint family The book is divided into three parts: (1) family theory, (2) communication theory, and (3) theory and practice of theory. Although much thought and energy has gone into the writing of this book, the book fails to hold the reader's interest since it is written entirely in outline form. It could possibly serve as reference book for people interested in the field of family therapy, but, even for those interested, the format will prove major obstacle. In addition, the outline of one-two-three answers to each problem grossly simplifies the complex field of family therapy. Throughout, the oversimplification will be as irritating to