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Treatment of School Refusal by Strategic‐Based Family Therapy
Author(s) -
Hawkes Raymond
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0156-8779
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1982.tb00153.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , ideal (ethics) , medicine , psychology , family medicine , psychotherapist , political science , law
An ‘ideal type’ of the family of the school refuser is described. Two basic principles of strategic family therapy are discussed: the therapeutic bind and the therapeutic triangle. Three stages in the family treatment of severe school refusal, utilising these principles, are distinguished.