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Taking it to the Streets: Family Therapy and Family‐Centered Services
Author(s) -
Madsen William C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/famp.12089
Subject(s) - family therapy , postmodernism , curiosity , work (physics) , sociology , psychology , public relations , psychotherapist , social psychology , political science , epistemology , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy
This article examines the interconnections between family therapy, specifically postmodern and poststructural approaches, and family‐centered services. It introduces particular applications of family‐centered services such as systems of care, wraparound, family‐driven care, the recovery movement, and family group conferencing and then summarizes the heart of family‐centered approaches as a shift in how services are provided to families. It examines the “fit” between the values and principles of family‐centered practice and postmodern/poststructural approaches and then offers particular ideas and practices from these approaches that can help frontline workers inhabit a spirit of respect, connection, curiosity and hope in their work.