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Family Systems Therapy

Family Systems Therapy. Dr. Alfred Adler Dr. Murray Bowen Dr. Virginia Satir Dr. Carl Whitaker Dr. Salvador Minuchin Dr. Jay Haley Dr. Cloe’ Madanes (Haley). Basic Assumption. Serve a purpose for the family Conflict

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Family Systems Therapy

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  1. Family Systems Therapy Dr. Alfred Adler Dr. Murray Bowen Dr. Virginia Satir Dr. Carl Whitaker Dr. Salvador Minuchin Dr. Jay Haley Dr. Cloe’ Madanes (Haley)

  2. Basic Assumption • Serve a purpose for the family • Conflict • Be a function of the family’s inability to operate productively • The Cause • Be handed down across generations

  3. Primary Goal of Therapy • To bring about change in the family system, which is assumed to produce change in the individual members of that family unit…

  4. Adlerian Family Therapy • Basic Assumption: Both parents and children become stuck in repetitive negative interactions, which become motivators for the type of behavior displayed by the entire family… • EX: Arguing, Tobacco & Alcohol Use, Trouble with authority, etc…

  5. Family Power & Authority Decision Maker F F Decision Maker P 2 P 1 2 3 1 2 3 TYPICAL DYSFUNCTIONAL

  6. Role of Therapist The role of the therapist is that of a “Collaborator” who actually seeks to join the family unit…

  7. Goals of Adlerian Family Therapy • Unlock mistaken goals and interactional patterns • Engage parents in a learning experience and joint assessment • Of the family • Place emphasis on the family’s motivational patterns • What makes them tick • To initiate a reorientation of the family • Teach them new ways

  8. Multi-Generational Family Therapy: Murray Bowen • Bowen the original developer of mainstream family therapy • A family can be best understood when it is analyzed from at least a three-generational perspective…

  9. Basic Concept of Differentiation of Self & Triangulation • Differentiation of Self • The psychological separation of intellect and emotion and independence of self from others • Triangulation • Eliciting the support of a third party to lessen emotional tension between other family members Central To Therapy Model

  10. Multi-Generational Goals • To change the individuals within the system • To end generation-to-generation transmission of problems by resolving emotional attachment • To lessen anxiety and relieve symptoms • To increase the individual member’s level of differentiation

  11. Human Validation Process Model: Virginia Satir • Her approach emphasizes: • Communication • Emotional Experiencing • And, stresses the involvement of the therapist with a family The model is called: “Con-Joint Family Therapy”

  12. Validation Process • Enhancement and validation of self-esteem • Family Rules • Congruence and openness in communication • Sculpting • Nurturing Triads • Family Mapping and Chronologies

  13. Goals of Conjoint Therapy • Open Communication • Individuals are allowed to honestly report their perceptions • Enhancement of Self-Esteem • Family decisions are based on individual needs • Encouragement of Growth • Differences are acknowledged • Transforming extreme rules into useful and functional rules • Families have many spoken and unspoken rules

  14. Experiential Family Therapy:Carl Whitaker This approach stresses: • Choice • Freedom • Self-Determination • Growth • Self-Actualization

  15. Therapist Emphasis • Unmask pretense, create new meaning, and liberate family members • Techniques are secondary • Creates family turmoil

  16. Phases of Family Therapy • Engagement • Involvement • Disentanglement

  17. Goals of Experiential Family Therapy • Individual autonomy • Achieve more intimacy • Encourage free expression • Promote spontaneity, creativity, the ability to play, and the willingness to be “Crazy”

  18. Structural Family Therapy:Salvador Minuchin • An approach to understanding the nature of the family, the presenting problem, and the process of change… • An approach that stresses action over insight…

  19. Family Structure • Basic Family • Family Sub-Systems • Spousal sub-system • Mother/father sub-system • Sibling sub-system • Extended family sub-system

  20. Strategic Family Therapy: Jay Haley • Focus is on solving problems in the present • Therapy is brief • Therapist designs strategies • Change results when family follows therapist directions

  21. Goals of Therapy • Resolve presenting problem • Change Behavior • Shift family organization • Move family toward an appropriate stage of development

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