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Towards creating a focal hypothesis for brief focal family therapy
Author(s) -
Bentovim Ar
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j..1979.00487.x
Subject(s) - salient , plan (archaeology) , psychology , intervention (counseling) , family therapy , cardinal point , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , computer science , geography , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , optics , physics , archaeology
Previous research on the development and use of a focal family hypothesis and a focal plan to help families with a symptomatic child was moderately effective clinically but had a number of flaws. Current developments in family description and a model of linking salient family observations, life‐cycle and dynamic factors are described to create a focal hypothesis and plan. Methods of assessing the success of a plan and the role of the effectiveness of current techniques of family intervention are described.