Goals of Family Therapy
They dont listen!
Improve Family Communication
Its not our fault
Families are not interested and want their children “fixed” without their input.
They wont eat!
Maudsley Based Family Therapy
Choreographer
Maintain safety, set limits, agenda and rules
They dont want to participate
Overcome Barriers of motivation and maturity
The whole family?
All family members must be present every session.
Attachment Time!
Circle of Security
Motivation
Build the intensity and motivation through questions that elicit emotions and highlight the consequences of relational ruptures
They are so clingy
Develops wellbeing by promoting secure attachment between children/adolescents and there parents so that this can act as a buffer for stress and distress.
It increases family conflict by shining light on family difficulties.
Arguments like triangles
Bowenian Family Therapy
Expert
Work with not on the family, they are the experts
Unhelpful past learning
Simultaneously target adolescents maladaptive intrapsychic process and their family context at the same time.
He wont want to
All family members have to be interested in family therapy for it to work.
Lets Play!
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Validation
Teach the family's how to validate each other and model this behavior by validating and normalizing their experiences
We are stuck in a pattern
A pathway to deep and genuine intergenerational change
Help us control him
The therapist takes the side of the family or the child.
We need more boundaries
Structural Family Therapy
Emotional contagion
Introduce the idea of contagious emotions and being an emotional catchment/safe harbor for their young person. Explore reactivity and teach emotional recognition.