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Family Puppet Interview
Author(s) -
IRWIN ELEANOR C.,
MALLOY ELAINE S.
Publication year - 1975
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/j.1545-5300.1975.00179.x
Subject(s) - fantasy , modalities , family therapy , psychology , value (mathematics) , treatment modality , the symbolic , center (category theory) , psychotherapist , medicine , computer science , sociology , artificial intelligence , social science , chemistry , surgery , machine learning , crystallography
At the Pittsburgh Child Guidance Center and the Family Therapy Clinic of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, a number of expressive modalities have been utilized in work with individuals, groups and families. One technique that has been clinically rewarding in diagnosis as well as in therapy has been the Family Puppet Interview, a symbolic and interactive procedure that involves the whole family simultaneously. The value of this activity lies not only in the wealth of interactive data but in the symbolic family fantasy material that the interview generates. This paper will describe the procedure and present several case examples to illustrate its application.