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Contemporary Concerns in Family Therapy *
Author(s) -
Russell Axel
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1976.tb00416.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , intervention (counseling) , schema (genetic algorithms) , flexibility (engineering) , resistance (ecology) , psychotherapist , psychology , outcome (game theory) , conceptual framework , selection (genetic algorithm) , social psychology , medicine , sociology , psychiatry , computer science , social science , ecology , statistics , mathematics , mathematical economics , machine learning , artificial intelligence , biology
The literature indicates that recent clinical concerns concentrate on certain problem areas, while neglecting others. Theory building is slow; agreement on definition, indications, selection, evaluation, training programs, and a unifying conceptual schema is still lacking. Intervention and outcome evaluation remain insufficient. A need for broadness, flexibility, and avoidance of dogmatization is underlined. Resistance to a family and community intervention model continues. It is argued that strength rather than pathology needs emphasis. Some strategies to develop family therapy further are suggested and recommendations made to overcome outlined obstacles.