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Family SyStems Therapy. Presentation by: Daniel McMillan and Jay ____?. 1. Outline:. What is Family Systems therapy History of Development - How it came about Various Models/approaches Multi-layered process (important points and some techniques) Questions?. 2. Family Systems Therapy.
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Family SyStems Therapy Presentation by: Daniel McMillan and Jay ____? 1
Outline: • What is Family Systems therapy • History of Development - How it came about • Various Models/approaches • Multi-layered process (important points and some techniques) • Questions? 2
Family Systems Therapy • person is best understood by looking at family interactions and relationships • Focus on the family rather than the individual • Symptoms (in individual) result from (and encourage further development of) maladaptive family patterns 3
a shift in thinking Fish Metaphor 4
Basic Assumption: • A persons problematic behaviour grows out of family interaction, and also larger cultural and societal systems • If one person in the family changes, the rest of the unit must change to adapt • (note: still considers individual factors such as physiology, person cognition, etc) 5
Car analogy... • wheels turning... 6
Who are the Key contributors? • Developed by, and contributions from, many practitioners, not one single “father” of this approach • This include... 7
Various Approaches to Family Systems Therapy • The following are the various common models of Family Systems Therapy 14
A MultiLayered Approach - some important points or techniques • The following are some important techniques or points in the practical application of Family Systems Therapy 22
Strenghts/Critiques • If time..... 27
Thanks for listening The End. 29