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Family Sculpting: A Pilot Program for a Schizophrenic Group *
Author(s) -
Julius Eloise Kates
Publication year - 1978
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.1752-0606.1978.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , modality (human–computer interaction) , perception , nonverbal communication , psychology , psychotherapist , group psychotherapy , action (physics) , treatment modality , clinical psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , computer science , human–computer interaction , physics , surgery , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
Verbal group therapy is a conventional treatment for schizophrenic patients. This report describes a pilot program of brief group therapy which utilized nonverbal sculpting techniques as the central therapeutic modality. Family sculpting provided a structured format for the patients to organize perceptions of self and family within specific contexts, to experience these perceptions in action, and employ them in resolving family conflicts .