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Psychoanalysis and systems in family therapy
Author(s) -
Dare Christopher
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..1979.00488.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , psychology , psychotherapist , function (biology) , order (exchange) , developmental psychology , evolutionary biology , biology , finance , economics
This paper describes three frames of reference for understanding family function. The three frames are (1) The Life‐cycle of the Family, (2) The Intergenerational, Historical Aspects of the Family, (3) The Interactional Structure of the Family. It is suggested that these three frames can provide a detailed formulation of family functioning and disturbance in order to plan rational foci, strategies, techniques and aims of family therapy.