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Paradigmatic Classification of Family Therapy Theories
Author(s) -
Ritterman Michele Klevens
Publication year - 1977
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.1545-5300.1977.00029.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , identification (biology) , ideal (ethics) , epistemology , family systems theory , psychology , systemic therapy , sociology , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , philosophy , botany , cancer , breast cancer , biology
This review proposes a method for classifying theories of family therapy in terms of the ideal categories from which they derive. Establishing the relationship between a family‐system theory and a more general world view facilitates the identification of unique aspects of theory and lays the groundwork for a theoretically consistent integration of therapy and research.