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Redressing the balance—involving children in family therapy
Author(s) -
O'Brien Alison,
Loudon Penny
Publication year - 1985
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..1985.00668.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , context (archaeology) , balance (ability) , psychology , function (biology) , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , history , neuroscience , archaeology , evolutionary biology , biology
This paper argues that family therapists have tended to ignore the problem of how to engage children in family therapy, and it presents a number of techniques specifically aimed at involving children in therapy. The socio‐historical context of childhood is discussed and its implications for therapists examined. A number of visual techniques are then described, illustrated by case examples. These serve the function of addressing the whole family system on a number of levels and involving children fully in the process of therapy.