Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Transcript Psychoanalytic 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
Be a function of the family’s
inability to operate productively
Conflict
The Cause
Be handed down across
generations
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…
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…
Family Power & Authority
Decision
Maker
Decision
Maker
1
F
F
P
2
TYPICAL
3
2
P
1
2
3
DYSFUNCTIONAL
Role of Therapist
The role of the therapist is that of a
“Collaborator” who actually seeks
to join the family unit…
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
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…
Basic Concept of Differentiation
of Self & Triangulation
The
psychological separation of
intellect and emotion and
independence of self from others
Central
To
Therapy
Model
Differentiation of Self
Triangulation
Eliciting
the support of a third
party to lessen emotional tension
between other family members
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
Human Validation Process
Model: Virginia Satir
The model is called: “Con-Joint Family Therapy”
Her approach emphasizes:
Communication
Emotional Experiencing
And, stresses the involvement of the
therapist with a family
Validation Process
Enhancement and validation of self-esteem
Family Rules
Congruence and openness in communication
Sculpting
Nurturing Triads
Family Mapping and Chronologies
Goals of Conjoint Therapy
Open Communication
Enhancement of Self-Esteem
Family decisions are based on individual
needs
Encouragement of Growth
Individuals are allowed to honestly report their
perceptions
Differences are acknowledged
Transforming extreme rules into useful and
functional rules
Families have many spoken and unspoken
rules
Experiential Family Therapy:
Carl Whitaker
This approach stresses:
Choice
Freedom
Self-Determination
Growth
Self-Actualization
Therapist Emphasis
Unmask pretense, create new
meaning, and liberate family
members
Techniques are secondary
Creates family turmoil
Phases of Family Therapy
Engagement
Involvement
Disentanglement
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”
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…
Family Structure
Basic Family
Family Sub-Systems
Spousal sub-system
Mother/father sub-system
Sibling sub-system
Extended family sub-system
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
Goals of Therapy
Resolve presenting problem
Change Behavior
Shift family organization
Move family toward an appropriate
stage of development