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The assessment scored 90%. It was a case study in which we had to engage with a relevant and contextual family scenario and respond to it in the form of a written essay. This essay comments on the case study by explaining systemic functioning using a certain paradigm. It mentions family subsystems,...

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  • February 11, 2020
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By: kaodendaal • 4 year ago

The reason for the one star review is that you make people pay for a different perspective but yet it's the exact same information plagiarized from the textbook Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy by Gerald Corey.

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By: Kels1602 • 4 year ago

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By: moniqueanne • 4 year ago

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By: Kels1602 • 4 year ago

Thanks Monique, so glad you found it helpful ;)

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Running Head: FAMILY WORK AND RELATIONSHIPS


Table of Contents

Introduction....................................................................................................................1

Family Systems Therapy................................................................................................2

The Peterson Family.......................................................................................................3

Family Structure.........................................................................................................3

Intergenerational Boundaries.................................................................................3

Subsystems.............................................................................................................4

Emotional Closeness..............................................................................................4

Homeostasis............................................................................................................5

Adaptation..............................................................................................................5

Therapeutic Intervention................................................................................................5

Therapy Plan...............................................................................................................6

Therapy Precautions...................................................................................................7

Therapy Goals............................................................................................................8

Conclusion......................................................................................................................8

Works Cited..................................................................................................................10

Appendix......................................................................................................................12



Introduction

One of the most difficult adjustments for family therapists from western cultures is

the adoption of a systems perspective. Our personal experience and western culture tell us

that we autonomous individuals, capable of free and independent choice. But fact of the

matter is that we are born into families. Most of us, live our lives attached to one form of

, FAMILY WORK AND RELATIONSHIPS 2


family or another. Within in these families we discover who we are, develop and change, and

give and receive the support we need for survival. We create, maintain and live by unspoken

rules and routines that we hope will keep the family functional [ CITATION GCo17 \l

7177 ].

A family systems perspective believes that individuals are best understood through

assessing the interactions between and among family members. The development and

behavior of one family member is interconnected with other family members within the

system. Symptoms are viewed as an expression of a set of habits and patterns within a family

[ CITATION Bob02 \l 7177 ]. A client’s identified problem is a symptom of how the family

functions, as opposed to a symptom of the individuals maladjustment, history and

psychosocial development [ CITATION Dem96 \l 7177 ]. The client coming to see me, Sam,

is an adolescent living in South Africa and has been subjected to sexual abuse due to

environmental factors surrounding her current family conditions.

Family Systems Therapy

Family therapy is a multilayered system known as systemic therapy. Systemic therapy

uses a systems-based model characterized by psychotherapeutic approaches to help clients

cope with problems within their family system [ CITATION Bob02 \l 7177 ]. Family therapy

allows close family members to address their issues in their relationships. The goal of therapy

is to provide therapeutic tools that can attend to dysfunctional behaviors within the present

family context [ CITATION Tar03 \l 7177 ]. The family therapist employs models in which

offering the opportunity for family member to bond and interconnected with each other

through understanding, empathetic and logical association. Although the models provide

opportunities for therapist to work with a client’s dysfunctional behavior, it facilitates

improvement in family functioning, specifically during a transitory period of development

[ CITATION Dem96 \l 7177 ].

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