Blame, responsibility and systemic neutrality: a discourse analysis methodology to the study of family therapy problem talk
In this article we present discourse analysis of initial systemic family therapy sessions, focusing on family members' responses to therapists' attempts to introduce a systemically neutral, relational perspective on their troubles, by means of circular questioning and the final team message. The article draws from a qualitative study of family therapy problem talk with a sample of nine videotaped first and second sessions with six families and four therapists. The sessions were transcribed verbatim and subjected to discourse analysis following the discursive action model. Our analysis indicates that family members may deco...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - March 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Pinelopi Patrika, Eleftheria Tseliou Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Lee D. Kassan, Finding the Fear: A Couple Therapy Training Workshop. New York: http://www.leekassan.com/finding_the_fear.html. 149pp. & two DVDs 1h 25min. US$65
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Source: Journal of Family Therapy - March 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Book review Source Type: research
Celia J. Falicov, Latino Families in Therapy (2nd edn). New York: Guilford Press, 2014, 484pp, 978‐1‐4625‐1251‐5, $38.25
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Source: Journal of Family Therapy - March 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Book review Source Type: research
Theoretical frameworks for working with harder to reach families: lines, curlicues, and spirals: comment on Donovan and Pocock
This article comments on the Donovan and Pocock articles appearing in this issue, both of which address the evolution of theory and practice in family therapy. An emphasis is placed on the importance of integration and a shared philosophy of theory and practice in our current political and economic managed care climate, in which it is critically important to embrace the integrated and chaotic whole of what is happening in theory and in practice. (Source: Journal of Family Therapy)
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - March 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Lord Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
‘Hard to reach’ families: challenges to systemic theory and practice
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Source: Journal of Family Therapy - March 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Reenee Singh Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Family and systemic psychotherapists' experiences of personal therapeutic consultations as a tool for personal and professional development in training
This study investigated family therapists' experiences of personal therapeutic consultations during their training and how this related to personal and professional development (PPD). Interpretive phenomenological analysis was used to analyse one semi‐structured interview with each of four participants. Results: The personal consultations provided a unique and powerful learning opportunity, including learning about the interactional elements of family therapy, therapeutic relationship factors and relational roles. The personal consultations also affected the lives of family members who attended, and in some cases, those ...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - February 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bob Williams, John Carpenter, Jo Timms Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Anorexia runs in families: does this make the families responsible? A commentary on ‘Anorexia runs in families: is this due to genes or the family environment?’ (Dring, 2014)
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Source: Journal of Family Therapy - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Dodge, Mima Simic Tags: Articles on Eating Disorders Source Type: research
Intensive multi‐family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa: adolescents’ and parents’ day‐to‐day experiences
The experiences of six families involved in a 4‐day multi‐family therapy (MFT) group for adolescent anorexia nervosa were examined day by day. Participants completed daily records (journals and rating scales) of their experiences. Parents completed the parents versus anorexia scale pretreatment and post‐treatment. The researcher kept an observation journal of the MFT process. A week post‐treatment, adolescents and parents took part in separate focus groups. The participants’ insights into the illness increased rapidly from Day 1 to 3, while participants’ emotions fluctuated throughout the 4 days. Motivation for...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tatiana Voriadaki, Mima Simic, Jonathan Espie, Ivan Eisler Tags: Articles on Eating Disorders Source Type: research
Guest editorial: the family as a resource in the management of eating disorders
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Source: Journal of Family Therapy - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bryan Lask Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Perceptions of family functioning in adolescents who self‐harm
This study compares the self‐reported family functioning of 21 adolescents presenting at four UK medical wards with self‐harming behaviour with those obtained from a sample of adolescents drawn from the local community. Adolescents hospitalized for self‐harm reported that their families were more dysfunctional than healthy controls on the family perceptions scale. However, this difference was not observed when covariates such as emotional and behavioural distress were controlled for. Poor levels of agreement between adolescents and adult family members in relation to family perceptions were also observed. The finding...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - January 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth Palmer, Patrick Welsh, Paul Alexander Tiffin Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Developing a model of sustained change following multisystemic therapy: young people's perspectives
Multisystemic therapy (MST) is an empirically validated, family and community‐based intervention for young people presenting with antisocial and offending behaviour. This qualitative study aimed to explore young people's experiences of MST and learn what had helped them to sustain positive outcomes over time. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with eight young people at an average of 14 months after MST (range: 5–21 months). A constructivist version of grounded theory was employed to analyse the data, leading to the development of a model of sustained change in MST. Themes from the model included therapeutic a...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - November 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daphne Paradisopoulos, Helen Pote, Simone Fox, Pinder Kaur Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Differential effects of the working alliance in family therapeutic home‐based treatment of multi‐problem families
Families with a low socioeconomic status play an increasingly significant role in health services, research and social policy. The present outcome research study is a pre/post naturalistic study of home‐based therapeutic work with multi‐problem families (MPF), as conducted by Therapeutisch Ambulante Familenbetreung, an integrative family therapy with a structure‐related, mentalization‐based, psychoanalytic orientation. With a mean treatment duration of 75.7 weeks, 379 families showed significant psychological improvement on 10 scales concerning patient–therapist collaboration, treatment expectancy and psycho‐so...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Egon Bachler, Alexander Frühmann, Herbert Bachler, Benjamin Aas, Guido Strunk, Marius Nickel Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Thank you to reviewers
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Source: Journal of Family Therapy - October 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Thank you to reviewers Source Type: research
Thematic review of family therapy journals in 2013
In this article the contents of the principal English‐language family therapy journals and key family therapy articles published in other journals in 2013 are reviewed under these headings: models of family therapy, developments in family therapy practice, couple therapy, training, diversity, international developments, research and DSM‐5.
Practitioner points
Ecosystemic structural family therapy, FFT, MST, MDFT and other traditional systemic approaches, with recent adaptations, may be helpful for an increasing range of populations.
Developments in research and practice support the value of father involvement in system...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - October 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alan Carr Tags: Review Source Type: research
Family therapy for an Internet‐addicted young adult with interpersonal problems
This qualitative case study examined the effectiveness of treating an Internet‐addicted young adult suffering from interpersonal problems based on the Mental Research Institute (MRI) interactional model and Murray Bowen's family systems theory. We analysed the data with a consistent comparative analysis method as well as utilizing Miles and Huberman's matrix and network. We determined that the characteristics of the parents’ family of origin and dysfunctional communication pattern were factors associated with the interpersonal problems revealed by the Internet‐addicted young adult. Factors that influenced problem‐s...
Source: Journal of Family Therapy - October 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tai Young Park, Sunhee Kim, Jieha Lee Tags: Case Example Source Type: research
