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The Family Floor Plan: A Tool for Training, Assessment and Intervention in Family Therapy *
Author(s) -
Coppersmith Evan
Publication year - 1980
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.1752-0606.1980.tb01298.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , plan (archaeology) , intervention (counseling) , modalities , floor plan , treatment modality , training (meteorology) , psychology , medical education , medicine , applied psychology , nursing , psychotherapist , engineering , sociology , geography , meteorology , social science , surgery , archaeology , engineering drawing
The family therapy field has produced a number of expressive modalities for use in training and therapy. The family floor plan, as a tool for training, teaches systems concepts while involving trainees in an examination of their family‐of‐origin. In family therapy, the floor plan can be used to assess family interaction patterns and to intervene. The floor plan tool and its applications are described, including short case vignettes.